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".
7/10
Sweet, creamy and juicy tropical fruity with some citrus and pineapple. A bit unbalanced, quite sweet and lactic
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2025
at 18:45
3/10
Hapu külmutatud mango mehu.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2025
at 16:55
6/10
Magus, mõru, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2025
at 16:53
7/10
Sweetish, juicy and tropical fruity with some citrus, peaches, pineapple, mango and floral notes, some chalky notes, hints of hop burn. Quite sweet hop juice.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2025
at 22:22
5/10
Hapu, marjane, ananass, happeline, magus, tsitrus, kerge nisu ja asjad. Joodav.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2025
at 20:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Taster at Kaķis Maisā, Riga. Cloudy, gold colored. AROMA- very juicy, tropical fruit, citrusy. FLAVOR- lightly sweet, lightly bitter, the same as aroma, some alcohol, floral and resinous.
Very good NEIPA.
Very good NEIPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Kaķis Maisā
on 14 Sep 2025
at 18:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Taster at Beera bar, Riga. Almost clear, deep gold colored. AROMA- lots of citrus resins, some alcohol. FLAVOR- slightly sweet at first, dry finish, moderately bitter, warming, citrus and pine resins, orange tic tac. Fuller bodied.
Nice one.
Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
BEERA Bar
on 11 Sep 2025
at 18:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Taster at Beera, Riga. Cloudy, reddish orange colored. AROMA- somewhat funky and sharp, strawberry, banana. FLAVOR- moderately sweet, lightly sour, strawberry, banana puree. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
BEERA Bar
on 11 Sep 2025
at 18:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smell-weak, faint pineapple, faint hops, fruits.
Foam- thin, hops, fruits, bitter tones, faint burned sugar. Head is small to medium-sized, white in color.
Appearance- somewhat nice, yet a visibly AI-generated image of some supposed old rock stars, overall good to have rock in beers mentioned.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, fruits, burned sugar, some bitter tones, faint pine. Nothing too special.
Foam- thin, hops, fruits, bitter tones, faint burned sugar. Head is small to medium-sized, white in color.
Appearance- somewhat nice, yet a visibly AI-generated image of some supposed old rock stars, overall good to have rock in beers mentioned.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, fruits, burned sugar, some bitter tones, faint pine. Nothing too special.
Tried
from Can
from
Lauvas alus
on 02 Aug 2025
at 21:34
7.5/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2025
at 20:29