Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews

Brewpub in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

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Aristīda Briāna 9a-2, Riga, LV-1001, Latvia

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Aroma: Malt and hay. Flavour: Fruity sweet with wet hay and a sweet finish. Colour: Golden amber with a white head. From: Can

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2026 at 17:29


3.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

Smell-weak yeast, fermented fruits.
Foam-thin, sour, berry, faintly herbal. Head is quite large, pink-white.
Appearance- nice simple label, generic black bottle cap. Hazy-ish red-orange color.
From - pint
Taste - weak sourness, some dryness, faint fermented fruits, acidic. Not for me.

Tried from Bottle at Spirits & Wine Domina on 11 Mar 2026 at 19:22


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beerdome. Clear red with a pink head. Aroma is sweet, malty, grapes, brett and wood. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 170226

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2026 at 19:15


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Smell-weak to medium, smoke, hops, bitter tones, faint herbal tones.
Foam-thin, bitter tones, some smoke, herbal tones, faint blackcurrant. Head is small to medium, light brown color.
Appearance - basic bottle cap, basic label. Black in color, no visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, some roast, some herbal tones, some blackcurrant. Bitter aftertaste, smoke, roast. A bit odd.

Tried from Bottle from Lauvas alus on 25 Jan 2026 at 16:06


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Smell-weak hops, bitter tones, faint berry tones, herbal.
Foam- thin, hops, some bitter tones, some berry tones, some grass. Head is medium sized white in color. sticks.
Appearance- nice looking can with imagery from the movie of the same name. Hazy yellow color.
From - pint
Taste - weak hops, weak fruits, bitter tones, berries, grass, some lasting bitterness from hopsand berries in back. Feels very fruity and berry ish and herbal. I like this.

Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 29 Dec 2025 at 17:41


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can 0.44l from Riga airport. Cloudy, yellow gold colored. AROMA- fermented honey, citrusy, flowery, quince. FLAVOR- slightly sweet, slightly fruity and honey sour, citrusy, pale flowery honey, lindenblossom in aftertaste. Fuller bodied.
Really good.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2025 at 20:25


7
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


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Kaķis Maisā, pours a deep dark mahogany brown with a small beige head. Aroma has a very complex smoked, peated malt character, with assertive woody hops in the backgrounds—not ants an invigorating aroma. Flavour is uniquely complex, with both aggressive peated smoke and aggressively hoppy bitterness that somehow work well together. Nothing easy-drinking or accessible about this, but I enjoy the layers and depth despite the harshness. Very good unique extreme beer.

Tried from Draft at Kaķis Maisā on 18 Nov 2025 at 18:32


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Labietis - Central Market, pours a hazy dark golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has a nice bugginess upfront, along with gently tart plums, and gentle acidity. Flavour is very buggy, with tart plums, light acidity, and big bretty notes. A bit awkward cohesion but the individual notes are nice, and there’s little acidity—the brett seems to have reigned that in. Pleasant.

Tried from Draft at Labietis Centraltirgus on 18 Nov 2025 at 18:09


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Labietis - Central Market, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has soft caraway seeds upfront, with a soft wheaty base. Flavour is clean, with soft pillowy wheat serving a foundation for the nice caraway seed character. Not abrasive or even aggressive but made well. Solid.

Tried from Draft at Labietis Centraltirgus on 18 Nov 2025 at 18:07