Aroniju Ragana (Aronia Witch)
Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.16
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Modern berry ale with a sweet and softly tart tastescape. Chokeberry juice is fermented with a wort packed with extra light caramel malts at a ratio 1/7. That allows to degrade the berry`s natural astringency to a crispy dryness that ends in a juicy fruitiness with some light malt sweetness.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Re-rate 03.08.2021: Smell-weak to medium-ish, fruits, herbal, hops, maybe chokeberry, might be a placebo. Foam- thin, weak sourness, weak bitter notes, chokeberry, hops, fruits. Head is medium to large, white maybe pink tint. Sticks. Appearance- brewer bottle cap, simple label. Bit cloudy, orange, red color medium to high carbonation. From - pint Taste - bitter-sour-sweet mix what blends together quite fine. A hint of fruits, a hint of sweetness, a hint of hops, and a hint of chokeberry sourness. Dry aftertaste. OK, but will probably not seek again. Old rating 01.03.2019: 6/3/6/3/14=3,2 I remember not liking it, lets see... Smell- weak, aronijas (Chokeberry) but very weak, some juice, herbal notes, hard to tell. Foam- thin, bit to watery side, weak sweetness, medium chokeberry, weak bitter notes. Medium-large foam, pink, white, medium thickish to low thickish (sorry for my nonsense terminology) Appearance- almost clear, red, grape juice appeal, weak carbonation bubbles. Taste- sweetness, chokeberry, juice, some sourness with the second sip, but weak, more juicy, some orange juice even, herbal, berries. I remember this being sourer, seems this is more sweet batch, or beers before prepared me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2019
at 20:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours unclear red. Aroma is aronia, berries, grapes. Body is medium, yoghurty, berries. Medium carbonation, chalky. Sweetish sticky palate. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2019
at 21:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from koht, Pours red with whiteish head. Aroma is fruity, berrish. Flavor is sweet and sour, cucumber, berries, malt. Overall: okish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2018
at 23:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
14.12.2018 -- 0.5l bottle from qoqa, bb 07.2019. pours a hazy reddish with a medium head. aroma of red berries, a hint of funky sourness. flavour of berries, apricots, butter, slight malts and vegetables. ok(ish).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2018
at 00:04
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2018
at 11:50
6/10
Tried
on 10 Apr 2018
at 15:33
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pours unclear pinkred. Small , nearly no head. Smell is mild berries, thick, tad sweet. Taste is buttery, berries, fruity, kinda sweet ( did they add sugar ? ) some diacetyl. Medium body and carbo.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2018
at 19:54
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Red color, a good foam. Aroma: wet rags, chokeberry, spicy, fruit. Taste: chokeberry, fruit, malt, bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2017
at 03:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle as a gift. Pours slightly hazy deep red with an almost white head. Mild aroma of red berries with light malty notes, hints of hops and citrus. Moderate to medium sweet with fairly pleasant flavour and nice bitter and slightly acidic finish. A bit unusual flavour, but a beer I could drink again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2017
at 14:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pale pink head, pretty huge and absolutely stable spreading lace over a pink to pale cardinal-red tinted beer. Fruity, bit dusty, and also some leather. Typical berry nose. Sourish-bitterish, fruity-herbal flavour. Nothing exuberant, but pleasing. Finish is a bit vinous, which doesn’t spoil anything; I’d even hazard "foxy" wine. Despite serious carbonation, creamy feel (the head helping). Light to medium body. I don’t know the kind of berry, but it can be used again for me! 6/4/7/3/14
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2017
at 12:39