PAM!
Brasserie Atrium in Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.75
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Copper color and a white top. Its dry-hopping results in resinous and fruity notes (grapefruit and other citrus fruit). PAM!, an explosion of hop with a fine bitterness, harmoniously combined with its malted character. To drink frequently and happily!
PAM, short for Pale Ale Marche, a high-five to Marche-en-Famenne, an active and festive town that welcomed us in its very center. Dry-hopped with Citra and Cascade.
PAM, short for Pale Ale Marche, a high-five to Marche-en-Famenne, an active and festive town that welcomed us in its very center. Dry-hopped with Citra and Cascade.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
APA as interpreted by new Walloon brewing star Atrium, situated in Marche-en-Famenne, hence the 'pale ale Marchoise', classically 'New World (dry-)hopped' with Citra and Cascade. Very thick head (to be poured very slowly and carefully if you do not want your glass to filled by it entirely), thickly plaster-like lacing, yellowish egg-white, rocky and dense, very stable; very hazy, deep amberish orange blonde robe with a 'storm' of minute bubbles raging through the mist, a pleasure to the eye, but shifting to a more 'murky', slightly brownish-tinged and less appealing dark orange with the sediment added. Lovely citrusy roma of ripe mandarins, blood orange and fresh orange peel, soggy biscuit, old rusk, very 'dusty' aspect after adding the sediment (dusty old jute bags or strawbales), brown dried tree leaves, hints of dried peach, melon, old apple cake, dried wild plants taken from an old herbarium. Fruity, quite refreshing onset, notes of mandarin and peach with a dash of melon thrown in, sweetish but subduedly so and with a light sourishness at its edges, quite some minerally effects from carbonation but in a very 'refined' and subtle way, so that the effects of carbonation remain a bit 'behind the curtains' and the effervescence as such actually feels strangely soft. Soft, bit 'fluffy' mouthfeel as a result, full enough for its strength, with a core of notably bready, lightly biscuity and rusk-like maltiness, a tad less biscuity than I was hoping for really, and with a very light metallic 'sound' to it. Aromatic hoppiness, citrusy as expected, with retronasal notes of mandarin and orange but also that dried old plant material note; long, yet generally mild grapefruity bitterness, a tad rootier in the very end, mingled with spicy-phenolic hints and quite a lot of dusty-bready yeastiness, especially in the end when the sediment is added - which I would therefore advise against in this particular case. Very APA in its perfectly dosed hoppiness: aromatic and 'old school' citric, refreshing and spicy but not bittering to the point where the term IPA would be more suitable, but also quite 'Belgian' in containing a lot of yeasty elements that kind of, sadly, 'blur' the features of the hops a bit. Needs a bit of cleaning up, but generally a fine and enjoyable, sufficiently hoppy quencher.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2020
at 22:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home. Clear rusty amber color, average sized white to off-white head. Malty aroma with a sweetish touch. Flavor is lightly malty, lightly metallic and a bit bitter. Average to decent body and carbonation. Ok.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2020
at 21:38
6/10
Magus, natuke mõru, karamell, vesine, linnased. Väga, lausa liiga, neutraalne kraam.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2019
at 18:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
hazy orange colour, medium sized dense off-white head; aroma of pineapple, tangerine, orange zest, pine resiny and biscuity notes; well balanced bittersweet taste with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; good APA
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2019
at 18:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från Belgiuminabox. En citruszestig IPA med tangerine, oljiga zestiga apelsinskal, lång beska men ocksåkanske lite tunn kropp med lite alkohol som slår igenom. Potent är den iaf för stil. Gott.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2019
at 19:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap. A murky amber beer with a off white head. Aroma of tangerine, orange fruits, zest. Taste of tangerine, bitter orange fruits, zest, long bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2019
at 14:11
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 9
Tap at tto at beerlovers bar. Pours unclear yellow blonde. Orange glow. Small white head. Smell is sharp, malty tad hoppy, bit mineral. Médium low to medium intense. Taste is full, bit bitter, full maltyness with a nice toasty, mild caramelly touch. Hoppyness floats over a very balanced and well build malty base. Impressive stuff!
Tried
on 21 Sep 2019
at 00:40
6/10
Bit thin... And probably too old. Need a fresh one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2019
at 23:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
01/07/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from Malt Attacks. Clear orange to amber, huge sticky fading white head. Nose is grains, ripe fruits. Taste is grains, caramel, bit fruits. Maybe correct but somewhat easy pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2019
at 10:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bruin bier zonder schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en licht fruitig met iets van grapefruit en ananas. Gewoon goed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2019
at 11:26