Spicy Beer Mustard Recipe

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Joshua Bousel
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Updated March 20, 2025
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With a pastrami curing in the fridge for a weekend smoke, this was the perfect time to try out another mustard to make a nice slather for the rye that pastrami would soon adorn.

A spicy beer mustard seemed like a good choice, which I started in a traditional fashion by soaking mustard seeds in vinegar along with a nice dark beer.

After an overnight of soaking, the seeds and their soaking liquid were blended with sugar, honey, salt, turmeric, and allspice into a lightly textured, medium-thick yellow mustard.

While the mustard had quite a bite when tried alone, eaten in the sandwich, it had just the right amount of spice with a very slight sweetness that was an excellent complement to the salty pastrami.

Recipe Details

Spicy Beer Mustard Recipe

Prep 5 mins
Cook 5 mins
Active 15 mins
Soaking and Cooling Time 12 hrs 10 mins
Total 12 hrs 20 mins
Serves 24 to 36 servings
Makes 3 cups
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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup yellow mustard seeds

  • 1/4 cup brown mustard seeds

  • 1/2 cup cider vinegar

  • 1 cup dark beer, divided

  • 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar

  • 2 tablespoons honey

  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, cover yellow and brown mustard seeds with vinegar and 1/2 cup of beer. Cover and place in the refrigerator overnight.

  2. In a small saucepan, mix together remaining 1⁄2 cup of beer, sugar, honey, salt, turmeric, and allspice. Bring to a boil over medium heat, remove from heat, and let cool slightly.

  3. In the jar of a blender add mustard seeds with their soaking liquid and cooled mixture from saucepan. Puree until smooth. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate overnight before using.

Special equipment

Blender

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
20 Calories
1g Fat
2g Carbs
0g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 24 to 36
Amount per serving
Calories 20
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 1%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 36mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 2g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Total Sugars 2g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 0mg 1%
Calcium 6mg 0%
Iron 0mg 1%
Potassium 18mg 0%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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