6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle from Valmiermuiza Alus Tirgotava, Riga. Almost a gusher. Pours slightly hazy copper coloured to amber with an enormous, off-white head. Smells kind of funny (and almost funky), but there are also smoky chipotle notes. Somewhat yeasty aroma with notes of fruits, chipotle and hints of grains and herbs. If the other one didn’t get any chili in their bottles it may have all ended up in mine. At least it’s clearly not evenly distributed. Medium sweet and possibly some sour notes present, but hard to concentrate as it’s burning quite nice and intensely in my mouth. Possibly the most intense chili I’ve had in a beer (and I have had some over the years). but I like it. It might cover up faults, and it is quite one dimensional, but I like a nice chili burn. Probably not a beer I would have again just like that, but next to some Mexican food it would work well.