Brasserie Atrium has a decided South American influence, with owner and brewer Paula being from Brazil. She had worked as a brewer in Brazil before setting up her new brewery with hisband Val.
That influence goes against the nature of many of the Belgian breweries we are used to, but Brasserie Atrium are anything but traditional in that sense.
This is a blond sour with Brazilian fruits – papaya and passionfruit. In Brazil the word ‘maracuja’ means passionfruit, so the name of the beer is a mix of the word maracuja and papaya.
The beer pours pretty still; you have to work a bit to get any sort of froth which quickly disappears anyway. Sticking your nose in the glass presents a solid bouquet of tropicals fruits with a hint of sour.
The first sip induces a little eye-squint as the sourness grabs hold of the sides of your tongue, then your gums and continues down the back of your throat. This beer is perfect for summer. Low alcohol, really tasty, just a touch of sweet and that lovely tropical aroma each time you take a sip.
A blonde Sour/American Wild Ale - a great balance of bitter, sweet and sour
This amber sour is one of the base beers Alvinne use to create many of their barrel-aged creations
A dark sour beer of 10.0%. Part of the renowned Alvinne Morpheus Sour Collection
Voted World's Best Wood Aged Beer 2012 and 2013 and World Beer Awards
The 2015 variant of their flagship Magma, with the addition of Brettanomyces yeast at all three fermentation phases
From Brasserie Atrium, this super tasty Red IPA is a beautiful balance of caramel malt and fruity, piney hops
A big and tasty imperial stout brewed with cacao, vanilla and orange peel
An imperial stout brewed with cacao, vanilla and orange zest, aged in Brazilian Amburana wood oak barrels
This classic Belgian Saison was the first beer produced commercially by Brasserie Atrium
