Iezemiete
Alus Darbnīca Labietis

Pours a cloudy, golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of biscuity, doughy malt and bitter, grassy, herbal hops. Taste is a decent balance of biscuity, doughy malt and bitter, grassy, herbal, spicy, slightly fruity hops, with hints of citrus, black pepper and vanilla coming through. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some bitter, herbal, spicy notes lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.

This is the first beer from this brewery that I found pretty disappointing, while I really enjoyed all of the other brews I had by them. This may be due to age though, as most of the other stuff I had by them was not very hop-forward. Given the hop bill of Galaxy, Citra and Mosaic here, very little of the expected fruity tropical and citrus notes are coming through, except for hints of citrus, with this being more on the bitter, grassy and herbal side. Likewise, the vanilla this supposedly contains is hardly coming through at all either. Instead, I'm getting hints of black pepper and clove from this. Quite odd, the flavor profile I was expecting from this is really not lining up with the actual flavor at all. All of that does not make this a bad beer though, I mean, I do like bitter, herbal spicy beers, I just had a very different expectation of this.