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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6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell-weak hops
Foam- thin, hops, bitter tones, weak hops. Head is medium sized, white in color. Sticks.
Appearance- somewhat nice can. Hazy yellow in color.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, herbal tones, faint fruits, some medicinal tones. Overall - ok.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 21 Dec 2025 at 16:41

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Smell- weak hops, bitter tones, some herbal tones.
Foam-thin, fruits, citrus, bitter tones, faint herbal tones. Head is medium sized, white in color.
Appearance - somewhat nice san design. Hazy yellow in color, no visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, fruits, citrus, herbal tones, some more hopsand sweetness in mix. Surprisingly decent hazy one.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 21 Dec 2025 at 14:44

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell-weak to medium, malt, roast, faint cofee.
Foam- medium thick, malt, weak caramel,some roast, bitter tones. Head is small dark brown in color.
Appearance- nice, simple can. Black in color, no visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - medium malt, some roast, some faint caramel, faint sweetness, loads of booze, alcohol. Boozy and malty - Not bad, but nothing to brag about.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 18 Dec 2025 at 19:53

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell- weak hops, malt.
Foam-thin hops, faint burned sugar, bitter tones. Head is small to medium, white in color.
Appearance- somewhat nice can, feels like an Assassin's Creed screenshot, but it's probably some AI image. Clear orange amber, weak carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - Hops, bitter tones, some faint fruits, bitter aftertaste, citrus. Ok.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 18 Dec 2025 at 17:29

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Smell- weak hops, faint citrus, faint herbal, tones.
Foam-thin hops, bitter tones, citrus. Head is medium sized, white in color.
Appearance- nice simple can. Hazy yellow in color,weak carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, citrus, herbal tones, faintly medicinal. Nothing special. Somewhat meh.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 18 Dec 2025 at 15:23

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Smell- medium strong, malt, cofee, roast.
Foam- medium thick, roast, malty, bitter tones, some alco tones. Head is medium sized medium dark brown in color. No visible carbonation.
Appearance- simple can. Black-colored beer.
From - tulip
Pint - malty, caramel, roast, alcohol, roast, wood, bitter tones. Bitter and roasty aftertaste with bit of alcohol tones, barell is visible here for sure. Less pastry variant of stout, bit boozy.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 17 Dec 2025 at 19:29

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Smell-weak malt, caramel, faint nuts, faint cofee, and more caramel + malt.
Foam-medium to think, malt, some caramel, faint roast, some sweetness, some nuts, faint cofee. Head is medium-sized and medium dark brown in color.
Appearance- basic, simple can, beer itself is black in color. No visible carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - sweet, malty, some caramel, some cofee, more malt, and some more sweetness. A bit boozy feeling. Overall feels like not super sweet pastry, malty stout.
Tried from Can from Lauvas alus on 17 Dec 2025 at 17:43

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
33cl can. Head is medium, tanned, not long lasting. Colour is black, opaque. Aroma is roasted tones, tobacco, bit nutty, ash touch, dark chocolate, bit coffee. Taste is full malty base, roasted tones, coffee, cocoa, coconut, chocolate, nutty, dark caramel, decent bitterness, soft carbonation, not really complex yet quite good, enjoyed for sure.
Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2025 at 18:46

4.5/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
On tap at Kaķis Maisā, pours a hazy yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma has sweaty, washed out hops, with some bready malt in back. Flavour reveals a tragically bad hop expansion—sweaty, armrpity, just tired and muffled. How do you use such a great hop bill and produce such a crappy hop expression? It’s not the hops. This ain’t good.
Tried from Draft at Kaķis Maisā on 18 Nov 2025 at 18:30

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4.5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 5 Overall 5
300ml draught shared with Finn at Alus Muiža. Cloudy golden body, a few spots on the glassware, disappearing head. Modest wheat fruity nose. Wheat and oat milk to the taste profile. Prolonged, rather sweet ending. Little to offer. (Riga, 09.11.2025).
Tried from Draft at Alus Muiža on 09 Nov 2025 at 18:00