Labietis / Pagan Brews Aroniju Ragana (Aronia Witch)

Aroniju Ragana (Aronia Witch)

 

Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻

  Fruit Beer Regular
Score
6.16
ABV: 5.1% IBU: 11 Ticks: 39
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 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 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 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 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


4.5/10 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 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 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 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