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".
8.3/10
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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
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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.
* 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
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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
8/10
Tried
from Can
from
Little Beershop
on 26 Dec 2025
at 20:26
6.5/10
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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