Hopalaa! Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Vītoliņi,
Semigallia,
Latvia 🇱🇻
Associated Venue: Hopalaa Craft Brewery
Established in 2018
Contact
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".
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smell- medium strong, malt, cake, sweet, weak roast/ Foam- thin, malt, weak acidic tones, roast, dark chocolate. Head is tiny dark brown in color. Appearance- simple label, abstract. Black in color. From - pint Taste - malt, weak sweetness, roast, dark chocolate, bitter and roasty aftertaste. Bitterish and not too sweet. Honestly nothing special.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 15:41
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Smell- weak hops, bitter tones weak fruits. Foam-thin, weak hops, bitter tones, some pine and more hops and bitter tones. Head is medium-sized, white in color. Sticks. Appearance - somewhat nice can with galaxies. Hazy yellow, and orange in color. From - pint Taste - weak hops, weak fruits, bitter tones, citrus, zest, bit odd. Aftertaste is very faintly medicinal, citrus, fruits, not working to weel together. Below average again.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2024
at 14:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smell-weak hops, fruits. Foam- thin hops, weak fruits, faint medicinal tones. Head is medium to large, white in color. Appearance- simple label with clouds. Hazy yellow in color. From - pint Taste - weak hops, weak fruits, some citrus, faint mango, bit medicinal. Overall - nothing special, below average hazy one.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 12:49
5/10
Magus, vesine, kaunane, vesine. Mehh
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 23:28
9/10
Latvia. Done.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 19:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Pivný Raj MN, with Gurthnar and Vran. Hazy golden body, off-white head. Tropical fruit in the aroma, coconut, dryish. Similar taste - tropical fruit, coconut, but sweetish, ending with a dryish finish. Solid!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Pivný Raj MN. Pitch black body, off-white head. Perfumey aroma, raisins, barrel-like vanilla and alcohol. Perfumey taste as well, cocoa, vanilla, light alcohol, ending dry and bitterish. Solid!
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Pivný Raj MN, shared with Gurthnar and Vran. Blackish body, off-white head. Cocoa notes, roasty, smooth, coffee, light alcohol, perfumey. Lean, dry body, some roast, vanilla, liqueurish chocolate, ending bitter. The body isn't the best, but otherwise quite nice!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at Pivný Raj MN with Gurthnar and Vran. Murky yellow body, no head. Fermented tropical in the slightly funky aroma. Lightly tart taste, more fermented tropical fruit, malty notes, lightly warming. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Pivný Raj MN with Gurthnar and Vran. Hazy golden body, thick off-white head. Bit piney, somewhat tropical aroma, light coconut, some dry maltines, mild oxidation. Sweetish taste, peach, mango, light herbal and lemony notes, bit oaty. Nice enough, though didn't feel the freshest.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:47