Hopalaa! Brewery

Microbrewery in Vītoliņi, Semigallia, Latvia 🇱🇻
Associated Venue: Hopalaa Craft Brewery

Established in 2018

Contact
Industriālais parks, Vītoliņi, 3017, Latvia
Description
HOPALAA! – a small Latvian brewery, whose founders first started brewing beer at home. Previously known as: "Kalēju alus" marked on bottles as "Fermentum SIA".

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with small to average, frothy, slowly diminishing, minimally lacing, white head. Juicy, tropical fruity and minimally citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, sweet-ish, minimally sugary, wheaty malty background, notes of melon, lychee, some passion fruit, a touch of white grapes, kiwi fruit, grassy undertones. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally sugary, wheaty malty and tropical fruity hoppy, notes of melon, some kiwi fruit, mandarine, mango, passion fruit, lychee, mild hop bitterness, a minimally alcoholic touch.
Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Intensely hoppy, a tad heterogeneous - decent.
Tried from Can from Pakhuis Twente on 02 May 2025 at 01:52

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell-weak hops, malt, resin, burned sugar.
Foam-thin, hops, weak resin, bitter tones. The head is medium to large, white in color, with a slight yellow tint.
Appearance- nice simple, unique spirally can. Cloudy orange, yellow in color, with a few carbonation bubbles.
From - pint
Taste - malt, hops, bitter tones, faint resin, faint orange, faint orange, not as sweet as some others, but overall nothing spectacular.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 24 Apr 2025 at 15:47

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Smell-weak fruits, hops, faint citrus.
Foam-thin fruits, weak hops, weak bitter tones. Head is large, white, with a yellow tint.
Appearance- simple abstract, unique label. Cloudy yellow-orange in color, medium carbonation.
From - pint
Taste - weak hops, fruits, citrus, sweetness. Nice sweetish hazy one, slight mango and orange tones. Refreshing.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 24 Apr 2025 at 14:38

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at PBF 2025. Murky yellow body, off-white head. Lightly funky citric and resinous, bitterish-herbal aroma. Same taste really, quite dry, citric, resinous, mildly "funky" and bitterish. This is quite good really, especially for the ABV! The body is spot on really!
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2025 at 13:50

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tap at PBF 2025. Murky yellow body, off-white head. Sweetish aroma - lychee and citric hoppy notes. Sweetish taste, if lean, more lychee/tropical/grape and citric hoppy notes, fine enough!
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2025 at 13:48

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tap at Prague Beer Fest 2025. Got distracted heavily while rating this one, my notes claim as I started rating it to finishing it I didn't know what it was, suspecting the Americans, but the logical order says Latvians and no American ones match, and it does say "hopq smoothie" which I can only deduct is this one. To be rerated. Murky orange body. Mostly got banana-like and citric notes out of it, which actually matches the citric vibes, maybe a bit "old banana", tropical in any case. Wha?
Tried from Draft on 18 Apr 2025 at 15:28

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tap at Prague Beer Fest 2025. Murky yellow, lost the off-white head fairly soon. Yellow fruit in force, somewhat minerally. Sweet soft malty backbone, more yellow fruit - grapes, bit tropical, quite okay.
Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2025 at 16:36

7/10
Tried on 12 Apr 2025 at 20:50

8/10
Хоппа!
Tried from Draft on 11 Apr 2025 at 21:21

6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 6
Can. Hazy yellow colot with medium white head. Fruity hoppy aroma with pineapples, mango, oranges, but also apricots, light zest. Taste sweet with orange, tangerines, apricots compote. Aroma is far better than taste.
Tried from Draft at 100 pív on 08 Apr 2025 at 16:39