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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

EB - Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ❄☃️ ☁️☂️ [ As Hopalaa! Tropical / India Pale Ale ]. ABV: 7.3%. [20260218]. 7/3/7/-4/-15

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2026 at 15:17


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

Dark brown color with low beige head.
Aroma: nougat, caramel, licorice, toffee, roasted malt.
Taste: nougat, vanilla, licorice, quite boozy, roasted malt with bitter finish.
Full bodied, low carbonation, moderate bitterness.
Not too complex, okay but nothing special here.

Tried from Can from Pivný raj on 17 Feb 2026 at 21:25


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

EB - Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ❄☃️ ☁️☂️ [ As Hopalaa! Summertime: Part 2 ]. ABV: 4.5%. [20260216]. 6/3/6/3/13

Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2026 at 14:36


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Somewhat hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some wheat and mild citrus. Flavour is grapes, some floral, fruity, grassy and mild bready and wheat malty tones to it.

Tried from Can from Drink Online on 04 Feb 2026 at 20:32


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

Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, citrusy, some mild wheat tones with mild floral elements too. Flavour is biscuity, some floral, fruity, citrusy and mild catpissy tones too.

Tried from Can from Drink Online on 04 Feb 2026 at 20:15


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

Smell- weak hops, weak grass.
Foam-thin, hops, bitter tones, hops. Head is medium-sized, white in color.
Appearance- simple, label somewhat ok. Hazy yellow in color, no carbonation.
From - pint
Taste - hops, bitter tones, some fruits, some, citrus, citrusy..and somewhat mewh. Nothing special.

Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 24 Jan 2026 at 21:35


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9

Tap. Malty aroma and taste, roastyness, chocolate, nutty notes, medium bitter and sweet. Full body, malty roasty choco bitter sweet finish. Good.

Tried from Draft at Žil Verne on 23 Jan 2026 at 21:27


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

(can 0,44l from BeerButik online shop)
* Good NEIPA. *
Cloudy yellow. Medium, white head. Citrus, lemon, onion, spicy, light sweet tropical fruits, juicy, light sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Light spicy finish.

Tried from Can from BeerButik on 20 Jan 2026 at 19:56


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Tried on 05 Jan 2026 at 22:40


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

Smell-weak hops, weak fruits, fiant burned sugar.
Foam- thin hops, fruits, citrus, bitter tones. Head is medium to large, white in color. Sticks.
Appearance- somewhat nice simple can. Clear yellow color, weak carbonation.
From - pint
Taste - weak hops, fruits, citrus, some sweetness, some herbal tones. Feels quite nice actually.

Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 29 Dec 2025 at 18:42