Latvia

Riga Beer District

A couple of weeks ago as we were leaving the Valmiermuiža brewery tour, our guide gave us a leaflet about the Riga Beer District. Neither Poppy nor I had heard of it before, which seemed a bit strange given the amount of research we’d both done before heading out here. Having read the leaflet and …

Latvia Beer Fest 2019

Our very first visit to Riga back in 2016 mainly involved sampling the bars of the Old Town – in fact, it was where Poppy discovered her love of “Medalus”, or Latvian honey beer. We arrived back to the city a month after we’d left for Estonia hoping to relive some of that first trip, …

Valmiermuiža brewery tour

We’d successfully navigated the Latvian railway system and arrived in the town of Valmiera, our first stop back in Latvia, with a plan. Ask the tourist information centre there and even they will tell you that the only reason many people visit the town is for a tour of the Valmiermuiža brewery. Not surprisingly, this …