Pirmais Vecis (First Elder)
Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.70
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A blended spontaneous fermentation ale brewed in the Belgian tradition. Since 2019, we are the only brewery in the Baltics to actively operate a coolship, and part of this wildale started off in that pre-plague and pre-war year. Blended with younger spontaneous fermentation ales from years 2020 and 2022. The aim of this Belgian method from beginning of 19th century is to weave the richly mossy and rustically spicy flavours of an older wildale with the refreshingly spicy elements of a younger wildale. Intended for immediate processing or longer maturation
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A clear golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of brett, vanilla, wood, sour berries. Taste of sour berries, honey, vanilla, wood. High carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2025
at 19:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Spritziger, erdig säuerlicher Start. Trocken, milde Noten von Holunder, einfach wirkend, eher kurzer Abgang. OK. 9/8/9/9/9/9
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2025
at 17:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@TCBW2023. Hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some mild tart and some funky tones with some earthy tones. Flavour is sweet malts, some fruity, mild floral and some funky tones with a bit spicy and some herbal tones. Somewhat dry.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2024
at 16:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shortlived whitish head over (cold)hazed orange-golden beer. Touch of horseblanket, lemon, lemonrind, Brettanomyces; fruity, even spicy. Sweet in the flavour, spicy, say oriental spices. Nose stands perpendicular on the taste. The wild yeasts are still obvious. Co-tasteer speaks of mixed fermentation, rather than pure spontaneous. Light body, faint acidthinning, medium carbonation. Very interesting beer, in any case. Purchased from Beer in a Box, Alkmaar
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2023
at 08:04
6/10
Sour, acidic, woody, tannins
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2023
at 18:10
7/10
Hapu, marjane, tsitrus. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2023
at 18:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Color: Long time no see brewery over here in The Netherlnds. Welcome back, Labietis. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Fruity sweet and tart berries, wild yeast funk. Taste: Caramel malt, funky, sweet and tart berries. Moderate to over moderate sweet, light to moderate tart. Very light bitterness. Medium body, below average carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2023
at 19:27