Skip to main content

The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

Oskar Blues Brewery Releases French’s Mustard Beer

Mustard and beer is a great combination, but usually we’re talking mustard used as a condiment on a sausage or pretzel alongside a pint. Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery has taken this pairing to a whole new level with a new collaboration with French’s Mustard, appropriately called French’s Mustard Beer. It’s a tropical wheat beer that is literally brewed with French’s Classic Yellow Mustard, along with an infusion of fruit and citrus flavors including key lime, lemon, tangerine, and passion fruit. “We’re stoked on bold flavors at Oskar Blues Brewery and we never shy away from a challenge,” said Oskar Blues head brewer, Juice Drapeau, in a prepared statement. “With French’s Mustard Beer we elevated the Classic Yellow Mustard flavor with tangy lemon and lime to create a tropical wheat ale I’d pair with a loaded hot dog on the hottest day of the year.”

Image used with permission by copyright holder

This isn’t the first food crossover for French’s, known for its bright yellow mustard that is ubiquitous at backyard barbecues around the country. Last year, the brand collaborated with Coolhaus to release a mustard ice cream that was available in New York and California for a limited time alongside a pretzel cookie. And Oskar Blues is no stranger to brewing uniquely flavored beer, as indicated by its “Death By” series of brews with such flavors as king cake, coconut, and even affogato.

Image used with permission by copyright holder

So how does the beer actually taste? While it’s not something you’d want to pour on your hot dog, it is definitely recognizably mustard-flavored. Sweet and sour fruit notes immediately pop, followed by a tartness that grows in intensity as you sip. It all brings to mind, well, yellow mustard, especially when you take a good, long sniff. Along with the new beer, a home brew recipe is available on the website, along with recipes for food pairing ideas like mustard beer-basted sausages with onions, beer and mustard-marinated flank steak, bacon honey-mustard beer bread, Scotch ale beer cheese, and pale ale and mustard BBQ pulled chicken. This is a limited release, and you can buy it online here.

Jonah Flicker
Jonah Flicker is a freelance writer who covers booze, travel, food, and lifestyle. His work has appeared in a variety of…
An iconic craft brewery introduces staple beers in can
Allagash releases canned beers
fathers day beers allagash brewing company white 640x640

Allagash Brewing Company, one of the most celebrated craft beer outfits in the land, is releasing two of its most coveted beers in can form. The Maine operation has put both its esteemed hazy IPA and lager to aluminum.

The brand's witbier, otherwise known as white, is perhaps its most famous. Made with wheat, citrus peel, coriander, and a few other spices, the beer is essentially the crafty and better-tasting predecessor to Shock Top. That beer began to get canned in early 2019.

Read more
An easy-drinking New England fall beer from Harpoon Brewery x L.L.Bean
The Harvest Lager is made from malt grown in Maine
harpoon brewery ll bean maxresdefault jpg

It's the perfect time of year for hiking, when the weather has cooled and the leaves are starting to turn. And to celebrate the spirit of outdoors, New England-based Harpoon Brewery, known for its inventive collaborations, is working with another brand. But this time it isn't a fellow drinks maker, but rather the outdoor apparel company L.L.Bean.

The Harpoon Brewery x L.L.Bean collab is debuting its Harvest Larger, a laid-back amber lager made from malt grown in Maine. With an abv of 5% and a crisp taste, it should be the perfect drink for easy fall sipping.

Read more
Athletic Brewing releases a non-alcoholic Oktoberfest beer
The Oktoberfest brew is inspired by traditional Bavarian Festbiers
athletic brewing oktoberfest beer studio 072423 11 1

Oktoberfest season needn't be boozy, as alcohol-free beer brand Athletic Brewing is releasing a special non-alcoholic beer to celebrate the season. The Oktoberfest brew is inspired by traditional Bavarian Festbiers, and aims to capture the flavors of the style without the booze.

While non-alcoholic beers were considered something of a sad necessity for a long time, in recent years there has been a boom in low- or no-alcohol options which have all the flavor and drinking experience of their boozy cousins. Athletic Brewing has been making an Oktoberfest beer since 2019, though this is the first year that it will be available in all 50 U.S. states.

Read more