t Smisje Wostyntje

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Poured from a bottle a thick murky amber-yellow with no noticeable head. Nose of funky biting spices. Crisp fruit flavors. finished a little thin, but quite unique. Mustard and candy sugar flavors were most delicious.

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Bottle at Trappistenhuis, Gent 07-12-07 Poured light amber with a thin white rim of bubbles. Didn’t note the mustard seeds but there was a nice ever so slightly sour crisp aroma. The taste was also very crisp like tasting slightly unripe apples. Wonderful tasing beer, lovely fruitiness, drying towards the finish and very moreish.

From bottle at The Trappist in Oakland. Nice Light amber colored pour. Smells like sweet belgian/german malts plus a spicy/herbal quality that is very unique, maybe from the mustard seeds?. Starts on the palate like a double, finishes like a lambic or maybe a flanders red. A miss out for everyone who was scared by the mention of mustard seeds. I’m betting they’re brown instead of black mustard seeds, But who knows. Very dry and digestable. Tasty.

11.2 ounce bottle purchased at Knightly Spirits in Orlando, FL at $3.50 Good.

Hay brown gold with a filmy head. Spiced and herbal aroma, funk. Flavor is yeasty and a little sour, medicinal quality. Doesn’t taste like its gone bad, just tastes bad.

A hazy golden amber ale with a thin big bubbled off white head. I get a bit of the mustard in aroma, lightly vinagry, and notes of herbs. In mouth, a decent crisp malt, biscuitty, with very herbaceous spices, a bit too astringent, and a bit on the watery side. However, this one lets itself drink without to much resistance.BB 2nd quarter 2009.

This beer didn’t really impress me. I didn’t get much mustardness in the smell and none in the taste. That aside, this is a pretty marginal beer amongst the many hundreds of fantastic beer emerging from Belgium. This beer poured a clear amber color with soapy head formation that did not stick around for long. Maybe it was just the power of suggestion, but I thought I could smell a bit of mustard along with a sour white wine or white wine vinegar smell. Taste was sweet and cereal-y with a candy sugar sweetness. Reminded me of a malted milk ball...which is not a good thing. Mouthfeel was a bit slick feeling. Not recommended.