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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5/10
Tried from Draft at Valmiermuižas alus pārstāvniecība on 01 Jun 2019 at 23:57

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Smell- medium strong, dark chocolate, coffee, roast Foam- medium thick, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee notes, some sweetness and bitterness. Medium large, chocolate milk color, quite dark actually, brown. Appearance- very dark brown, almost black Taste- bit of condensed milk + coffee notes, roast, dark chocolate and sweetness, some weak alcohol notes, but might be my imagination. Some bitterness in aftertaste. Good.
Tried on 12 May 2019 at 12:03

5/10
Husky, grainy, rubbery, herbal, watery
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2019 at 00:37

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours golden. Aroma and flavor are sweet, hoppy, vanilla, grapefruit. Overall: good.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2019 at 09:03

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours black with beige head. Aroma and flavor are sweet, vanilla, oak, malt, roast. Overall: very good.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2019 at 09:00

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours golden. Aroma and flavor are hoppy, fruity, citrus, dryness, malt. Overall: ok.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2019 at 08:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours hazy golden. Aroma and flavor are sour, fruity, peaches, lacto. Overall: okish.
Tried from Draft on 14 Apr 2019 at 07:37

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at Taka, Riga. Pours golden. Aroma and flavor are hoppy, citrus, pine, malt, grass. Overall: okish.
Tried from Draft on 09 Apr 2019 at 12:36

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at S. Brevinga. Pours hazy yellow. Aroma and flavor are sweet, hoppy, fruity, citrus, pineapple. Covers abv dangerously well. Overall: good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cloud #5 Milkshake IPA on 05 Apr 2019 at 16:10 - Score: 7. Original review text: Sweet, hoppy, fruity, citrus, pineapple, covers abv well
Tried from Draft on 08 Apr 2019 at 19:07

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Tap at trompete taproom. Pours amber. Aroma and flavor are hoppy, sweet, dank, caramel, malt, some butter. Overall: drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 08 Apr 2019 at 14:34