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".
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Smell- weak fruits, citrus, bitter tones.
Foam- thin, fruits, citrus, bitter tones, some herbal tones. Head is small to medium white in color. Sticks a bit.
Appearance- simple label. Hazy yellow in color.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, fruits, citrus, some sweetness, herbal a bit. Overall fine.
Foam- thin, fruits, citrus, bitter tones, some herbal tones. Head is small to medium white in color. Sticks a bit.
Appearance- simple label. Hazy yellow in color.
From - tulip
Taste - weak hops, bitter tones, fruits, citrus, some sweetness, herbal a bit. Overall fine.
Tried
from Can
from
Lauvas alus
on 02 Aug 2025
at 19:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Smell- weak fruits, hops.
FoaM - thin fruits, hops, bitter tones, burned sugar. Head is small white in color.
Appearance- nice, simple can. Hazy yellow in color, weak carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - fruits, hops, bitter tones, some herbal tones. Overall decent.
FoaM - thin fruits, hops, bitter tones, burned sugar. Head is small white in color.
Appearance- nice, simple can. Hazy yellow in color, weak carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - fruits, hops, bitter tones, some herbal tones. Overall decent.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2025
at 19:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smell- weak hops.
Foam- thin hops, weak burned sugar, bitter tones. Head is medium-sized sized white in color.
Appearance- nice simple can. Cloudy orange color, medium carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - hops, bitter tones, some burned sugar, some faint herbal tones. Overall, nothing special.
Foam- thin hops, weak burned sugar, bitter tones. Head is medium-sized sized white in color.
Appearance- nice simple can. Cloudy orange color, medium carbonation.
From - tulip
Taste - hops, bitter tones, some burned sugar, some faint herbal tones. Overall, nothing special.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2025
at 17:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Smell-weak hops, weak fruits, weak citrus.
Foam- thin hops, weak fruits, some bitter tones. Head is medium-sized sized, white in color.
Appearance- nice simple can, bit cloudy yellow in color.
From - pint
Taste - weak hops, weak fruits, weak citrus, some bitter tones. Overall feels below average.
Foam- thin hops, weak fruits, some bitter tones. Head is medium-sized sized, white in color.
Appearance- nice simple can, bit cloudy yellow in color.
From - pint
Taste - weak hops, weak fruits, weak citrus, some bitter tones. Overall feels below average.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2025
at 19:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Dirty, yellow-ish, golden colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Condensed and intense, dank, resinous and citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma with cheesy, sweaty and mildly zesty subtleties. Taste idem. Well hidden alcohol.
Viscous texture, smooth and soft, greasy palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Immensely resinous, dank, very homogeneous, viscous - good.
Viscous texture, smooth and soft, greasy palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Immensely resinous, dank, very homogeneous, viscous - good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 22:24
4/10
#36 oli ok, aga see on ikka päris kehv, happeline, lääge, mehune.. joodavish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 20:27
7/10
Magus, mõru, puuviljane, männine, tsitrus, vaigune. Ok
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 19:07
7/10
Happeline, tsitrus, linnaseline, puuviljane. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2025
at 22:35
7/10
Magus, happeline, linnaseline, tsitrus, puuviljane, nats alksi, aga 10 voli kohta pole paha. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2025
at 22:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can. Hazy, orange, pale golden colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, wheaty malty and fruity hoppy aroma, rather unspecific fruitiness. Taste is mildly bitter, fruity and grassy hoppy, sweet-ish, wheaty malty basis, unspecific fruitiness; grassy and minimally mineral finish with a touch of silage.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Nice creaminess, very homogeneous - OK.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Nice creaminess, very homogeneous - OK.
Tried
from Can
from Hoptimaal
on 19 Jul 2025
at 17:32