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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8.3/10 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

7.5/10 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

8/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2026 at 22:40

7.5/10 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

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Full body, light carbo. High sweet, med bitter, med-light smooth warmth. Balance is sweetish, but ok. Lots of milk choco, kinda lacking in deeper roast. Medium general nuttiness kinda makes up for it. Med-li toff. Decaden, tasty. Good sipper, nongreat tho
Tried from Draft at Meetnica on 29 Dec 2025 at 18:05

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
440ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with minimally late awakening, small to average, very dense, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and slightly nutty, minimally caramel malty aroma, hints of hazelnut, hazelnut flavoured white coffee, a touch of unripe hazelnut, some caramel. Taste is caramel malty with some residual sweetness, slightly roasty and minimally chocolately, dark malty and mildly nutty, hints of caramel flavoured white coffee, hazelnut flavoured white coffee, some hazelnut, a touch of praliné, mildly bitter, hoppy counterpart..
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Nice mouthfeel, a bit unilateral-nutty - acceptable.
Tried from Can from Drinkshop.sk on 27 Dec 2025 at 22:38


6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Smell- medium strong, malt, cofee, faint caramel, faint roast, faint smoke.
Foam-thin to medium, malt, caramel, chocolate, cofee, roast. Head is small to medium, medium dark brown in color.
Appearance- simple can. Black in color, no visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taster - hops, malt, bitter tones, cofee, faint caramel, faint bitter and sweet aftertaste, alcohol creeping in back. Overall ok, but had better.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 23 Dec 2025 at 20:44

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can day 23 of my Mr Hop advent calendar, ordered directly from the webshop Vernray, Netherlands. Had this at home Tuesday 23rd December 2025 listening to Emily Pilbeam standing in for Huw Stephens on 6Music. I made homemade Pork Pies and we had Conchiglone Pasta stuffed with Cream Cheese and Smoked Salmon. Pours mid yellow, slim white head, smooth in the mouth, tropical fruit, in fact overripe tropical fruit, hoppiness is discreet but then wow it comes through with hoppy burps. Score 6.9
Tried from Can from Mr. Hop (webshop) on 23 Dec 2025 at 18:45

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell- weak hops, bitter tones, faint fruits.
Foam- thin hops, bitter tones, weak fruits. Head is medium sized, white in color. Sticks.
Appearance- somewhat nice can design, some universe or something. Hazy yelow color, no visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, some citrus, faint herbal tones. Ok overall.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 23 Dec 2025 at 18:09