About
HOPALAA! – a small Latvian brewery, whose founders first started brewing beer at home. Previously known as: "Kalēju alus" marked on bottles as "Fermentum SIA".
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
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Pivný Raj MN with Gurthnar and Vran. Pitch black body, off-white head. Alcohol, touch of chocolate and some cheesecake notes in the aroma, huh. The taste, however, is much nicer. Lean, perfumey, chocolatey, with roasty notes, some cheesecake/vanilla touches, but less, nice, sweet but ending bitterish.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 16:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can, big stable bubbly head, light hazy palish orange colour, citrus, hay, some melon and Turkish delight and a bit of fruitiness, quite sweet and a bit heavy, probably the lactose, light to medium bitterness. Still nice and quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2024
at 20:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at Pivny raj. Medium body, low carbonation. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Lots of chocolate and toffee. Good but not great.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 18:34
7/10
Magus, mõru, karamelline, linnaseline, tsitrus. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 05:27
7/10
Magus, mõru, mehu, kerge paber, mahe. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 04:33
7/10
Magus, mehune, tsitrus, sibul, puuviljane, mahlane. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 04:00
6/10
Magus, lääge, mõru, nats humalat, vesine. Ok, liiga mahe.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 03:32
7/10
Magus, mõru, hapukas, happeline, puuviljane, tsitrus, papaia ja asjad. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 02:58