3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Small white head doesn’t last. Hazy amber body with carbonation. Earthy mealy nutty aroma with strawy fruity notes. Dryish dusty strawy taste with dried fruit and flour notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish earthy strawy aftertaste with resiny wooden notes. Interesting and unusual. Drinkable, but surprisingly bitter. (0.5l draft at Folkklubs Ala Pagrabs, Riga.)
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught @ Valmiermuižas Alus, A.Bria-na iela- 9a, Riga, Latvia LV - 1001.
Unclear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, sweet malt, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity grassy hops, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120729]
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at red Fred, riga.
Thick creamy white head. Hazy blond pour. Nice subtle bitterness . Nice brew
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at the brewery shop, Riga. Hazy deep golden, small head. Bread nad butter, some grass. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Honey, butter and spicy hops - all in good balance - lead to an increasingly bitter finish. Nice!
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft beer from Valmiermuiža alus. Hazy golden body, rich foam. Like old.style estonian homebrew beer. Nice. swwet malty aroma. Taste was light bitter, with hoppy and myeasty tones, malty sweet tones also. Nice bitter finish. Good.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: NOV 9, 2011 Keg (?, Riga) (5-:3:5:3:10=2.6)
Really not getting much aroma, just vague light grains, but served so cold. SImple in the mouth, crisp and refreshiing. Finish does have pleasant crisp and dry noble hops. However, not as good as either the uncertain heritage keg from Tallinn, or the bottled one from a year ago. A touch of sourness in the mashiness.
Rerate of: Keg (Tallinn Town Square, Ethnic Minorities Day) (5:3:6:4:13=3.1)
Little aroma, as it was a cold day, and served very cold. Rich gold, tight keggy head. Lovely full smooth malts. A touch husky. Gentle hops. Milky body. Excellent easily-drinkable lager. Uncertain if this really was the nefiltrets - it was definitely "live" and from keg, but it didn’t actually say nefiltrets.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On keg in Riga. Unfiltered version. One of my favourite Latvian lagers. Pours a golden colour with a fair white head. Aroma of bready yeast and caramel. Similar flavours with mild bitterness and a grassy hop finish. A little oily mouth-feel with mild carbonation and CO2 prickle.
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