Brasseurs de la GBNC - Number 1 Pale Lager - 30-08-18 - New Caledonia

The low down:

Firstly thanks to Teena who braved a week at sea, the roiling ocean, and sea sick tourists to bring me this wonderful addition to the country ticks. This is allegedly the 8th best beer from New Caledonia, and while that may seem to set it up for failure, there's actually a lot of good in this beverage beyond the usual pacific style lager. I started my work on this article with the usual research about New Caledonia and the first picture on their Wikipedia page is of two men with Koteka, or Penis Gourds. I'll let you google that for yourself; sufice to say, it is exactly what it sounds like. Moving on, there's no way any factoid I come up with can beat that so let's get into the beer review.

Packaging: 5/10
You gotta have serious chops to call your beer Number 1.
Refreshment: 6/10
It's super crisp for a macro pale lager. would be a treat in the heat.
Flavour 3/10
Fairly subtle, hop bitterness is there but it is short on much else.
Alcohol Content: 5/10
5% fairly standard for the style, maybe even a little higher than usual.
Price: 6/10
Around 3-4 dollars, so not as cheap as South East Asia but still pretty great, I can't imagine GBNC has massive production.
Total: 25/50

Conclusion: 
There is a slight syrupiness, but this is otherwise a fairly serviceable beer. I imagine it's great with the local French take on seafood you get in Polynesia and surrounds, but ain't nobody got time for that on a Thursday evening in August. Tonight I served it with a brioche ham and pineapple pizza pull-apart that I invented in the supermarket after an incredibly long day at work. Brioche makes it French I guess? Maybe I'll upgrade the next one to surf and turf, or super supreme!

Cheers.