Aldaris

Commercial Brewery in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Owned by Baltic Beverages Holding

Established in 1865

Contact
Tvaika iela 44, Riga, 1005, Latvia
Description
The Aldaris Brewery in Riga, which was founded in 1865, is the leading and most developed brewery in Latvia.

Aldaris was the first company in Latvia to gain ISO 9001 certification and it won the first Latvian Quality prize in 1997. Aldaris produces more than 17 different light and dark lager beers based on traditional recipes. This includes the beer that carries the company's name – Aldaris – which is the oldest and one of the most popular beer brands in Latvia.

In the latest years, Aldaris takes part in the industry’s most important competitions whose awards are highly prized across the globe. The most prestigious of these are the Australian International Beer Awards, World Beer Cup and the European Beer Star Award.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled (BB 10/2004)
Dark ruby color. Foamy coffee-head. Lively carbonation. Aroma is roasted malt and milk chocolate. Medium-bodied, roasted malt, slightly bitter with hints of alcohol. World class dunkel.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2004 at 05:01

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottled (BB 10/2004)
Lager color, foamy white head. Lively carbonation. Aroma is malty, slightly metallic and alcoholic. Quite typical Baltic strong lager: alcohol dominates. Nice malty body but too one dimensional.
Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2004 at 08:43

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Yellow fizzy beer with a head which collapses quickly. Initially skunky when poured, with a grassy aroma with slight apples. Very sharp dry hops, with some sweetness and tin can in aftertaste, very light bodied.
Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2004 at 19:04

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled (BB 02/2004)
Pale hazy yellow color. Nice white foamy head which stays longer than in normal lager, some lace. Aroma is soapy and slightly hoppy. Taste is malty and extremely sweet for a lager, quite full bodied. Some hops in finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2004 at 13:00

6.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled
Very dark ruby brown. Brown creamy head, nice lace. So classic porter outlook. Aroma is not very strong: alcoholic and roasted malt. Quite medium-bodied: sweet caramel and malty palate. Good example of baltic porters.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2004 at 12:23

2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 2
Bottled. Pale golden, creamy head. Overpowering artificial lime aroma. Super thin, really sweet and chemical. Aagh...
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2003 at 07:22

2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
Bottled. Pale yellow with rich head. Cheap vodka aroma. Very sweet and unclean with sticky mouthfeel. Drinkable only if you just had a bottle of tabasco.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2003 at 07:19

3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottled. Pale yellow with on head. Sweet and thin. Thankfully they've filtered out most of the normal Aldaris flavour, and only left some metal.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2003 at 07:16

2.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottled. Pale golden. Despite being only 4.7% the alcohol is evident in the aroma. Sweet and unclean with obvious notes of vegetables and unfermented wort. Low bitterness. Typical BBH beer...
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2003 at 07:13

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dark brown with some red. The head is large and tan but thin. Aroma of alcohol. Taste of raisins, scotch, and very sweet malt. Slight smoked flavor. Unexpected taste of wheat in the sweet finish.
Tried on 10 Aug 2003 at 20:31