Zāļainais Brālis (Herbal Brother)
Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Collab with: Panevežio Alus (Dundulis)Bock - Heller Bock Regular
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Score
6.63
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Yarrow and St. John's wort complement the bitterness profile of Tettnanger hops with herbal notes. Lager yeast allows for pure maltiness to be highlighted, which wraps around the strong alcohol backbone. A Baltic pagan take on a German classic.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught at Labietis kultūr-krogs, Riga. Slightly cloudy, pale amber colored. AROMA- noble hops, herbal, flowery, yarrow, malt. FLAVOR- slightly sweet, moderately bitter, malty, honey, plums, bitter herbs, some hops. Fuller bodied.
Tasty.
Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Labietis Centraltirgus
on 17 Sep 2025
at 10:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber colour and small white head. Herbal, odd aroma. Light-bodied. Light for abv. Sweetish, some herbs. Meh. Putoooja'25
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2025
at 10:42
6/10
Magus, hapukas, linnaseline, mõrkjas, veits herbaalne. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2025
at 22:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Small yellowish head over hazy orange beer. Sharp pharmaceutical nose - the yarrow and St John's wort, I suppose - and some not-quite-pale malts. Tart, overly herbal - pharmaceutical. Sharp flavour from the herbs. There's a bit unripe banana as well. Medium bodied, slick, well-carbonated. Sorry guys, but for me this is something from a brown bottle on a pharmacists' shelf. Good for the heart, not for the tongue. Purchased from Beer in a Box, Alkmaar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2023
at 08:40
8/10
Toller würziger Bock
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2023
at 20:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Smell- weak to medium, herbal, malt, caramel, grass, and more herbal tones. Foam- Thin, herbal tones, malt, faint caramel, sweetness, grass. Head is medium-sized white in color. Appearance - brewer bottle cap, simple but somewhat interesting label. Clear orange amber, weak carbonation. From - pint Taste - malt, sweetness, herbal tones, weak hops, faint bitter tones. Nice herbal beer, sweetness is a tiny bit to the oddness, but it is just in the level that I don't actually mind. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2023
at 15:32
6/10
Sweet, malty, acidic hops, herbal, sugary, licorice
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2023
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
--Bottled at Stigbergets Fot, Stockholm -- Clear amber, small head. Intense floral, herbal nose. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Some bready malt. Perfumy flavour reminiscent of trampling through pastures on a warm summer day, presume that is the yarrow. Interesting flavour, and pretty good base beer, but getting quite one dimensional as the yarrow dominates completely. Herbal bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2022
at 16:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
250ml tap @Labietis, Riga. Clear bronze body, ring at the rim of the glass. No lacing or head. Herbal both in smell and taste. Flowers, malts, and some yeast and bitterness. Taste is better than the smell. Quite rich. As always, Labietis offers something different, interesting, and complex. Lingers! Reminds a bit of Rigas balzams. Try this! Looking forward to more reviews.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2022
at 20:00