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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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught@TCBW2022. Hazy red colour with a small pink head. Aroma is raspberries, some blueberries, mild tartness with some slight wheaty and yeasty tones. Flavour is tart raspberries, some wood, mild earth and a bit lemongrassy and herbal tones.
Tried on 06 Apr 2024 at 18:57

5/10
Puuviljane, tsitrus, mehune, tärklis, mõru. Okish.
Tried from Draft on 05 Apr 2024 at 22:53

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Tried on 30 Mar 2024 at 19:31

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Tried on 30 Mar 2024 at 18:19

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen 02 March 2024 Bright vibrant fruity notes of passionfruit and peach, pineapple,’citrus rind, sweet malts, medium body, balanced bitter hoppy finish. Nice one. --- Beer merged from original tick of NECTARON / HAZY IPA on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:44 - Score: 7. Original review text: Bright vibrant fruity notes of passionfruit and peach, pineapple,�citrus rind, sweet malts, medium body, balanced bitter hoppy finish. Nice one.
Tried from Draft on 28 Mar 2024 at 10:30

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Smell- weak fruits, weak cranberry. Foam- thin, bitter tones, cranberry. Head is quite large, medium to large, white in color. Sticks a bit. Appearance- nice simple can with cranberries. Clear orange amber, no carbonation. From - pint Taste - weak fruits, weak hops, then cranberry tones. I was expecting to dislike this, but weirdly it works a bit, with some alcohol warmth at the back... not too bad. I would not go again, but if you like cranberry, I guess this is for you?
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2024 at 20:45

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Smell- weak hops, weak fruits Foam-thin, hops, bitter tones, weak pine. Head is medium sized, white in color. Appearance- I like the mountain, so somewhat like the label. Hazy orange in color. From - pint Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, some pine, faint medicinal and herbal tones, hoppy, herbally aftertaste. I dont know, again.. nothing special.
Tried on 16 Mar 2024 at 13:01

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Smell- weak hops, weak fruits. Foam- thin, hops, faint medicinal tones, faint fruits, faint citrus, Head is quite large, white with yellow tint. Sticks. Appearance- simple can, hazy yellow, orange in color. No carbonation. From - pint Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, faint medicinal or herbal tones. Bitter and hoppy aftertaste. Nothing special.
Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2024 at 11:49

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can (from Pien webshop). Black colour, small white brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some blueberries, alcohol and some chocolate syrup. Flavour is liquorice, chocolate syrup, alcohol and some slight metallic tones. Interesting, but on the sweet (alcoholic) side of things.
Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2024 at 20:52

7/10
Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, nats humalane, tsitrus. Ok.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2024 at 00:15