t Smisje Wostyntje

Brewed by Brouwerij Smisje
Style: Belgian Ale
Mater, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle: Poured a clear color with bubble white head. Aroma is very nice sweet with spice and malt. Taste has a bitter hops bite, some floral maybe from the mustard seed.

Pours the most unique murky brown you will ever see with a milky way looking sediment swirling around magnificently. This beer forms a head crazier than any other beer I’ve ever witnessed, like a Hefe on steroids, I initially gave it an easy pour and instantly the slightly off white colored head rose to the top of my Duvel glass with only a centimeter of fluid in the glass. It quickly receded though. Bizarre. Anyways this is definitely a 5 on appearance I have never seen a brew like it. Nose has some spice, not really any different than other strong Belgian ales. Also a bit of fruity (pineapple?) dark candy sugar. Initially on the palate you get an intense carbonation, which is expected after that massive head, and some typical pale ale spice/herbal flavor, then the mustard hits you, nice and long and lingers into the after taste. In the end you get some nice sourness to round out the flavor. Personally I love mustard and it is extremely awesome in a beer. This beer was a great idea and the product was executed flawlessly. Overall, a great belgian stong pale ale that really fits in its own niche.

Cloudy hazy amber beer with one hell of a large off white head (had to stop pouring 3 times) Aroma is Hefewizen like, malty and bready with a slight sharp finish. Taste is again malty and sweet with a slight hot mustard finish....a beer worthy of a much higher score

This beer is unlike most musterd beers ive had in the past. It is unique and a nice treet when I get the chance to drink it.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2010 33cl bottle. Pours an amber color with a huge creamy off-white head. Very good lacing and retention. Aroma is earthy and bready with some hops and sourness. Flavor is sweet-tart and balanced. Lots of spiciness, hint of pepper. Mouthfeel is effervescent with full palate. Very interesting and enjoyable beer.

exploded out of the bottle. Dark hazy amber with pillowy head. interesting spice, phenollic yeastiness and cloves, sweet caramel and bready. Can’t say this is particularly well made, however.

Bottle, pours dark blonde, hardly any foam. Overall appearance is unexceptional. Aroma not strain enough to detect in crowded bar. Taste is unique, sweet and tart, very fine mustard flavor reminiscent of the thin, sweet water that separates from mustard as it sits. Not unpleasant at all, not low quality. Advertised as mustard beer, I would expect more unique flavors. Tartness almost makes it taste like tripel, but without the malt body of a tripel.

Draft pour. Hazy amber, with off-white head. Malt, citrus, lightly spiced, sweet, maybe a slight hint of mustard, but it’s hard to detect. I did not enjoy very much.