The Latvian beer market experienced a transformative shift around 2013, igniting the local craft beer revolution. While small-scale breweries had operated in Latvia prior to this, this period marked a definitive transition from traditional pale and dark lagers toward more assertive styles—most notably the IPA (India Pale Ale).

As the trees shed their leaves and the air becomes cooler and more humid, light and sparkling styles lose their charm and it’s worth turning to maltier beers.

Explore the history of honey fermentation in Latvia and the traditional etymology of mead. We define the essential brewing terminology for using honey in modern beer and craft brewing.

Things used to be simple. You say ‘beer’ and they pour you a beer—that’s it, no questions asked! But what about now?

There’s not much to write – we’ll tell it all and show it with moving pictures.

PAGAN BREWS best describes what Labietis stands for on the international beer stage: modern brewing with a deep respect for cultural heritage.

Continuing the theme of the relationship between beer and wooden vessels, the next vital point is the ability of a wooden cask to allow the beer it contains to “breathe.

In recent years, the term mixed fermentation has come up quite often. These are beers in which the brewer deliberately sets the table for more than one yeast or bacterial culture.

It is not known exactly where and when the first Berliner Weisse was brewed, but there are rumours…

Continuing on the topic of foreign words, let’s briefly and concretely distinguish between ale and lager.

Miķeļi is the celebration of the fertile part of the year. Cereals should be cut, but potatoes and other roots should be kept in the cellar.

It is time to go back to our roots. Celebrating Midsummer is not a static exercise of sitting and eating. It is movement.

Time to sacrifice to the fertility god Usi! Our ancestors sacrificed eggs, onion skins, feathers, bones, money pieces and red woolen yarn to open the gates of fertility.

What’s not here! There are no tips on how to dye eggs. No tips on what to do with boiled eggs after the feast. And there are no recipes composed in the temple cloister.

Spring is in the air. The days are getting longer. And the sun is rising higher again. It’s time to celebrate Metheni, go visiting and masquerade.

Our ancestors celebrated fertility at the winter solstice. It was a sign that the sun would return and the darkness would slowly recede.