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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2025 at 20:49

6.3/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Bottled. A black beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, bread, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, and bread, leading to a bitter finish. 6/5/6/3/11
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2025 at 17:46

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a bitter finish. 5/4/6/3/11
Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2025 at 18:34

6/10
Malty AF and pretty sweet. Not bad at all.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2025 at 00:23

6.5/10
Sweet and not bad, thanks Dan F.!
Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2025 at 20:18

6/10
RB score 2.85
Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2025 at 03:27

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
slight hops, corny flavour, meh, nothing special, another eastern euro special from our Ontario beer monopoly.
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:38

5/10
Sweetish, earthy and grainy with hints of toasted malts, toffee and syrup. A bit unbalanced
Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2025 at 17:22

5/10
Sweetish, slightly malty and cardboardy with hints of hay and earthiness. Easy going, generic slightly malty lager.
Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2025 at 17:03

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
From tap in Riga. Bready malts with caramel. Light sweet with a touch of (wheaty) sourness? Medium body. Drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57