Saturday, January 14, 2017

in the library with the candlestick...

It's Colonel Mustard!  Or Coronel Mostaza, Bee Beer's IPA.  It's more of a tasting bar than beer store, but they do have the fridges and their own house beer, so we might as well partake.  There doesn't seem to be any reference to Clue on the bottle, just on the military aspect of the name.  I am just a little disappointed.  But anyway, there's something fitting about an Imperial IPA being attached to a name that sounds so British.
What have you been drinking, colonel?
The beer is quite dark, and a bit flat; there's barely any head at all, mostly bubbles that fade in a minute or so.  There's a sweetish but vinagery smell, like mustard.  Naturally.  It has a hard to place taste, it's a little salty, then a little bitter.  Not an untypical ale all in all, but less citrusy than the vast majority of IPAs.  I get a sneaking hint of mustard spice, but it's barely noticeable.  Mostly it's a dark ale without the craft reliance in citrus hop flavor, maybe too sweet for some tastes, but not syrupy or sticky like some red or brown ales can be.  Coronel Mustard is a beer that doesn't demand attention in an obnoxious way, and may even be sneaky enough to get away with theft.  Not murder, though.  We'd still see through that.

Supplier: Bee Beer
Price: €3.30

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