The “Third Awakening” was the movement that led to the restoration of Latvia’s independence from the Soviet Union. In 1989, approximately two million people across the Baltic countries joined their hands in solidarity to form a 600km long human chain to peacefully demonstrate their unity in their efforts towards freedom.

Our Third Awakening is a big, bold, deceptively smooth, Baltic porter that was fermented cool with our house lager yeast strain and then lagered cold for several months to mature and round out the complex flavor profile.

This dark, strong lager was brewed with a base of Munich and Pilsner malts layered with a variety of specialty grains that give it its color and wonderful depth of flavor. Warrior and Zuper Saazer hops were added to the kettle for balancing bitterness and a back note of noble hop character, respectively.

Third Awakening pours a beautiful, dark brown color into a glass, and, when held up to the light, shimmers with garnet hues like a polished ruby. Atop this elegant beer rests a gorgeous crown of tan colored, frothy, long lasting foam that coats the glass with each sip.

Third Awakening drinks with a mellow, medium body, displays a full range of complex malty aromas and flavors with balancing hop bitterness, and finishes extremely smoothly with medium dryness.

We get notes of toasty bread, dried fruits, plum preserves, black cherry, cacao nibs, rye spice, caramelized dates, subtle herbal/ floral hop note, and lightly roasted coffee be