Soho Švītinš (Soho Dandy)
Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.40
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0,5 bottle at Two More Beers with Snegurochka 221219. One of 12+ bottled Labietis beers for selection. Impressive! Slightly hazy dark orange or apricot body with a tall lightly off-white head that leaves quite beautiful lacing. Looks good in the glass! Aroma and taste is as expected if you expected a Labietis take on an the English bitter: Smooth caramel malts combined with the bitterness and zest of fruity hops. Notes of yeast as well. Quite long taste, helped along by a very decent mouthfeel. Perhaps packs more of a bit more of a punch than your average bitter but still true to the tradition. A pleasurable and very drinkable brew that makes the most out of its relatively low alcohol content. Labietis - once again - leaves you satisfied.