Atom Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Erie, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2015
Out of business
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16.9 oz corked and caged. Aroma is watermelon, basil, lemon peel, lacto, floral, peppery, freshly chopped wood. Pours lightly hazy pale golden with a fleeting white head. Taste is very sour (8/10) and acidic with some Jolly Rancher watermelon, basil, lemon, floral soap in flavor. A creative, refreshing brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours lightly cloudy golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance; with minimal puckering flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, acidic/tangy/tannic, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome fruited sour/wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the moderately increasing acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Outstanding balance of jammy cranberries, Brett/Bacteria complexity, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. A very enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.
allinthenameofbeer (11579) ticked Peach Sour from Atom Brewing Company 7 years ago
Accident spent $30 on this, pgood though, zinfandel notes upfront with a peach back
superspak (10160) reviewed Yuzu Harvest from Atom Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Slight spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, citrus peel, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, and white bread; with light notes of honey, vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty funk, white vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/light acidic yeast, yuzu, oak, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, citrus peel, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, and white bread; with light notes of honey, vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty funk, white vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness; light fruit tang, and yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, citrus peel, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/light acidic yeast, yuzu, oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth moderately crisp/grainy, fairly acidic, and lightly sticky/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited sour/wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/light acidic yeast, yuzu, oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink with the mellowly acidic/tannic/drying finish, never overly lactic. Was expecting more acidity, but this was pleasing. Great balance of Brett/Lacto and yuzu fruit complexity; nice oak presence and malt backbone against acidity. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Golden Sour from Atom Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Chad. Pours a cloudy gold with small white head. The aroma is strong oak, funk, grape, floral. Medium body, oak, yeast, nice tartness, dry finish, very good.
jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Arlo from Atom Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - pours yellow white head - nose/taste of farmhouse notes, lemon, oak and light funk - medium body