Atomium Premier Grand Cru

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Bottle: Pour is medium hazy golden with a big white head. Head lasted quite a while because my bottle was a gusher which was due to over-carbonation. Aroma is sweet malt, yeast, and light fruit with some floral characters. Flavor is also sweet and floran but has some hop character and bitterness which doesn’t have much place in this brew. The color of the beer is a little off as well for it looks a bit like hazy urine...oops. Overall, not a bad brew but could hammer out a few kinks.

Tap @ Publick House, Brookline, MA. Pours a hazy golden amber with a fluffy white head. Aroma is yeast, dark fruit, malt, and a bit of candy sugar as well. The taste hits you completely out of left field - we have dark fruit and candy sugar up front, dissolving into spices, hops, and slight malt at the end. A wonderful surprise, and yet another beer you just can’t judge by its cover.

Bottle, 33 cl. Yesterday @ home (bought Bierloods) Hazy darkgolden color, with large white head. Aroma, some yeast, fruit and malts. Medium body. Taste bit strange sweet, fruits, some spice, and hops + bitterness. Good.

Nice thick, frothy head, but doesn’t leave much lacing on the glass. Aroma of bubble gum, apricots, and cloves. Flavor is a little flat with some sweet, fruity notes. Fairly effervescent. Nothing special.

Draft. Pours a slightly orange-gold with decent dense white head. Peachy, champagne nose, fruity and warming palate, good carbonated mouthfeel. A decent, if unremarkable grand cru.

German/Swiss tasting at three cellars Milwaukee. Nice bubblegum and clove hints. Good carbonation

Bottle. Pours a pale/medium yellow- very formidable head and tons of small bubbles racing to the surface. First taste is biting carbonation, with that typical ’tripel’ taste of banana and pear notes. True to the style, but nothing extraordinary.

bottle. Chunky but thin white head with some active carbonation, light golden color. Muted aromas of candi sugar sweetness and some fruity phenols. Flavors of yeasty tartness, shortbread cookies, some lemon/orange peels, and some lavender flowers. Aggressive carbonation on the palate detracts, too fizzy. Interesting, decent bew, but not a standout.