6

Niet bijzonder lekker, maar wel verfrissend. In de stijl van Corona extra, maar beter.

6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Craft brewing Belgium is increasingly discovering lager lately, it seems, and making new variations on it with sometimes seemingly far-fetched flavourings, this one being Bossuwé's contribution to the theme; the ingredients list mentions rice, which the educated beer drinker instantly associates with Asian lagers - and indeed, this one is intended as a Thai -inspired beer, so I guess we'll have to take Singha and the like as a measure of comparison... Comes from a colourless longneck bottle with flashy label - the kind of bottles you'll find for inferior tequila- and otherwise flavoured cheap lagers with a 'hip' image, so I was obviously very hesitant to buy one when I saw it on the shelves of a Carrefour supermarket today. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating, of course, so here goes: irregularly but tightly lacing, medium thick, off-white, mousy head with open middle graced only by a thin veil and eventually dissolving all but completely; immediately misty, pale ochre-ish-tinged straw blonde beer. Weird and spicy aroma of indeed Thai white cardamom, dried kaffir lime leaves, stale white bread, white pepper, yellow grapefruit note, dusty old coriander seed, unripe banana, dry rice, krupuk, old potatoes. Crisp, rather neutral onset so indeed lager-like, some grainy sweetishness and sourishness which will become the carrying structure further on with only thin body, well-carbonated with lively minerally effects; the graininess does not get the time to become boring, as the spicy effect sets in very early, with again Thai white cardamom and ground coriander seed (bringing a lot of its typical soapiness) as the main impressions. The rice adds a vague underlying sweetishness to the whole but in a thin and dull way - as would indeed be the case in many of the 'commercial', macro-marketed Asian lagers, but the spicing distracts by becoming very dominant and even a bit annoyingly wry in the end, especially when supported by a somewhat leafy hop bitterness. Soapy and ethereal Asian-associated spice gets the last word, along with some very light touches of breadiness and a krupuk-like effect. Yes, this does taste like a liquid appetizer the East Asian way, but I am in doubt as to whether this is a good thing... I do like Asian food a lot, do not get me wrong, but my aversion for overly spiced beers constantly threatens to tip the scale here, if you see what I mean. Interesting, with that lingering spiciness eventually becoming less unpleasant than in the beginning, but a gimmick to try once and then never again, as far as I am concerned. Still: respect for Tony Bossuwé, who manages to get himself noticed with some far-fetched, but original concepts lately... As for the packing: I concur with tderoeck's opinion that this kind of bottle is bad marketing, I almost didn't buy it, but somehow it does add to that whole feeling of drinking a cheap and flavoured macro lager of the kind I normally hate - thus adding to the complete ambivalence this beer elicits in me. Have an extra point for being intellectually - and 'olfactorily' - challenging.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

2 February 2020. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke & Pieter! Hazy pale yellow, unstable, thin, white head. Aroma of lime, pineapple, kiwi, orange, pepper, clove. Taste has sweetish pineapple, mango, bitter clove & pepper wrapped in a sourish wheaty & lime body. Dryish, floral hoppy finish, a tad spicy, lingering lime. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Not bad, technically.

6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle. A clear light yellow beer with a big white head. Aroma of ginger, green tea, grassy hops. Taste of ginger, lime, pale malt, hay, tea, low bitterness, high carbonation.

5

Damn... This is ugly... But no real brew defects. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Pattaya Paradigm on 07 Apr 2019 at 22:32 - Score: 5. Original review text: Damn... This is ugly... But no real brew defects.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

23/08/2018 - 33cl bottle @Krok Ubuntu, Kortrijk as Bossuwé Seizoensbier. Clear light yellow, big white head. Nose is lemon, bit grassy, bit yeast. Taste is lemon, spices. Easy drinking. Nice for a clear bottle one.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Imported from my RateBeer account as Bossuwé The Pattaya Paradigm (by Bossuwé Brewing):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

16/VI/18 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home - BB: 17/V/21 (2018-770)

Note: another first I missed due to the huge backlog. Darn! :p

Clear pale yellow beer, small creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, bit yeasty, some lime, bit zesty. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit fruity, some citrus, little soapy, bitter, spicy touch. Aftertaste: hint of grapefruit, hoppy, coriander notes, lemony, lime, fruity touch, nice one, never would've have thought. The clear glass bottle really is bad marketing. :p