#Bluex french full#
#Bluex french zip#

On the nose, Mustard Beer is tangy and full of fruit, with notes of lemon and grapefruit citrus, into tropical fruit that struck me more as mango/papaya than passion fruit necessarily. YouвЂ™ll excuse me if I chuckle at the phrase вЂњstoked on bold flavors,вЂќ but that assessment of the beer really is right on the money. вЂњWith FrenchвЂ™s Mustard Beer we elevated the Classic Yellow Mustard flavor with tangy lemon and lime to create a tropical wheat ale IвЂ™d pair with a loaded hot dog on the hottest day of the year.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™re stoked on bold flavors at Oskar Blues Brewery and we never shy away from a challenge,вЂќ said Oskar Blues Head Brewer, Juice Drapeau in the press release.

#Bluex french zip#

Directly from the press release, it is вЂњinfused with key lime, lemon, tangerine and passion fruit to create a tart, refreshing match for the bright and bold zip of Classic Yellow Mustard-perfect for summertime backyard barbecues.вЂќ Mustard Beer is a lightly tart wheat ale of some kind, in the neighborhood of Berliner weisse or gose, brewed with both fruit and mustard. The reality is ultimately much more congruous with the concept, I can happily report. вЂњTropical wheat beer?вЂќ Is it fruited? How? Is this like an American pale wheat ale? Or more of a weizen? What are we looking at here. Mustard Beer describes itself on the mustard yellow (of course) can as вЂњtropical wheat beer brewed with FrenchвЂ™s mustard and other natural flavors,вЂќ which does not exactly fill one with confidence when you have no further information. Little did I know that they would be very much surpassed by a beer that frees itself quite handily from its own marketing tie-in. My expectations, suffice it to say, were low. ItвЂ™s a concept that seems designed to entice easy clicks and вЂњew, that sounds grossвЂќ curiosity, but damn it if I couldnвЂ™t resist sampling that sort of thing for myself. You know the one? That beer made with yellow mustard? Oh yeah, Mustard Beer! Sorry, I was thinking of Ketchup Beer for a moment, my mistake. In collaboration with FrenchвЂ™s, Oskar Blues presents Mustard Beer. ThatвЂ™s the official name of this new product from Oskar Blues, by the way. Because thatвЂ™s what IвЂ™ve got for you this morning: MUSTARD BEER. Gimmicks and craft beer go together like hot dogs and mustard, do they not? Still, even with that being the case, one rarely expects oneвЂ™s similes to collide in such a literal way.