t Smisje Wostyntje

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

Lots of funk in this beer. The spice is light but there is enough weirdness to make me think I am drinking a saison. No mustard flavor. Cloudy orange with no head but significant sediment. Light sweetness. Lots of yeast in the aroma and flavor. This is a smooth and light beer with good palate and it is very easy to drink. Not worth the original price of $4, but a bargain on clearance at $1.50.

Pours cloudy orange with a minimal white head. My first aroma impression was of a moistened towlette, but upon further inspection, it was quite spicy, with some floral notes. Definite black pepper presence in the taste, along with the aroma. A drinkable beer that’s a bit different than all the rest.

Pours to a hazy dark straw body with a thin white head. The aroma is yellow French’s mustard, light caramelly pale malts. The flavor is subtle mustard seed atop a light tart kiwi fruit. Very unique. Nice refreshing palate.

Pleasant light fruitiness in the aroma, typical Belgian spicy-earthy aroma, nothing jumps out at you. Hazy orange-blonde color, decent white head. Bright fruity flavor, it has a corriander-like fruity-spiciness to it, but it’s not quite corriander (and it doesn’t remind me of mustard at all). Medium body with moderate-high carbonation. A nice, fruity Belgian ale with a subtle, unique spiciness to it.

<i>Import 11.2 oz bottle.</i> Not quite as spicy as the label might have you believe. Pours pretty bubbly, then settles to to a cloudy orange. Smell is mostly of the candi sugar and some general Belgian spiciness. Taste: Well, not a lot of character to it. Just sticky. Some light malts, the sugar, a little orange/lemon and a general spiciness. Nothing I can really attribute to the mustard seed. But just not much to impress me.

Bottle. Poured a murky yellow with a small head. Faint aroma sweet and flowery. A nicely carbonated crisp, clean brew. Some spiced, mustard taste, but not very noticeable; helps drive home the crisp mouthfeel. Very drinkable, especially on a warmer day.

Sample BI Indy gathering 2/25/06 - Aroma is spicy, yeast, candi sugar, and malt. Pours transparent yellow-brown with small head and decent lacing. Flavor matches with the mustard in the finish. Palate is clean and crisp. Different and nice.

Hazy orange/copper. Smaller, fizzy, white-ish head dissipates quickly. Aroma is sweet, dominated by malt and candi sugar with a bit of yeast and crisp hops, also. Flavor up front is malt, sugar, and yeast atop a layer of subtle mustard seed. Second half is hops, mustard seed, and yeast over a little alcohol. Finish is mostly crisp, dry, bitter but has traces of the sweeter stuff. Aftertaste is musty barnyard yeast. Medium, well carbonated body. Carbonation helps to accent the finish on this one. Interesting, complex brew. I’d like to try this with double the amount of mustard seeds.