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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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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7/10
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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
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2023
at 19:26
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2022
at 20:54