Soho Švītinš (Soho Dandy)
Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.54
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Traditional english bitter with a delicate balance of hops, caramel malts and yeast esters. Interlude of the slightly outlandish bitterness of Goldings and Galaxy hops is followed by a full bodied caramel backbone matching the fruitiness of english style yeast.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Clear deep amber. Catamel, blueberries, soft weedy hops, toffee, thick malts. Medium swert and a bit less bitter. Slick body, quite full for the abv. Lovely beer for the style, I've had many bitters I liked way less.
Tried
from Can
from Labietis / Pagan Brews
on 03 Jun 2026
at 19:02
8/10
I'm glad they translated it because Google had no idea what "Švītiņš" means. A really nice Bitter. Classic bitter Goldings hops and that standard fruity English yeast. Sat across from this car that says it has "Breathtaking desirability." Just looks like
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2026
at 17:04
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can - Amber in colour. Apricot, peach and passion fruit in the aroma. Blackcurrant, peach, biscuity malt and papaya. Atypical.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2025
at 20:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
17/VIII/24 - 44cl can @ GBV No-Festival-Bottle-Share, BB: XII/2025, lot 23937 (2024-755) Thanks to Johan for sharing the can!
Clear orange blond beer, small aery irregular off-white head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very malty, grains, hay, a bit watery, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: watery, grains, malty, bitter finish, meh.
Clear orange blond beer, small aery irregular off-white head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very malty, grains, hay, a bit watery, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: watery, grains, malty, bitter finish, meh.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2024
at 13:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smell of earth. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, some earth. Pure. Medium sweet. Medium carbon.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2024
at 20:03
6.5/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2024
at 09:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle shared by Martinsh at the Latvia Day Tasting in Crewe on 18th November 2023. Didn't expect an English style 'Best Bitter' today. This was really interesting and I enjoyed it. Slight haze to the light mahogany body, wisp for a head. Malty front with a caramel sweetness tempered with a subtle hop bitterness, nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2023
at 07:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle ordered from Craft Beer Station, Northampton – drank (shared) at Latvian Independence Day celebration at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a hazy deep chestnut with minimal off-white head. Not much of an aroma – merely some general maltiness. Malts a bit more pronounced in the mouth, where there are also some hints of traditional hops and underlying caramel. Finish is slightly fruity. A reasonable approximation of an English bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2023
at 14:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear amber color with frothy creamy head. Malt, caramel, herbs, bread aromas. Light bitterness, bit dry texture, average body with lasting light sweat finsih.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2023
at 19:28