# Varpa Alus

Brewery page of DA Caps, a collection of beer bottle caps. Web page: https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brewery/1861

- Country: [Latvia](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/country/lv/info)
- Countries over time: [1945–1991](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brewery/1861/period/36) [USSR](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/country/su/info) (as Рижский пивоваренный завод «Варпа»); [1991–](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brewery/1861/period/37) [Latvia](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/country/lv/info), 4 caps
- Years under this name: 1945–
- Status: active
- Location: Vārpa, Maskavas iela, Rīga, Latvia
- Caps in the collection: 4 (https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brewery_caps/1861)

## About

Set up in 1945 in the former Livonija brewery on Maskavas iela, Riga; the only maker of malt yeast in the Baltics. Part of the Aldaris production association from 1976. AS Rīgas alus darītava Vārpa was declared insolvent in 2004; from 2007 Alus avots brewed its Rīgas and Senču beers there.

_Not verified yet._

## Brands

- [Rigas Alus](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brand/4087.md) — 1 cap
- [Varpa](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/brand/4564.md) — 3 caps

## Caps (4)

- [#6608 Rigas Alus](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/cap/6608.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.info/collection/6000/6608-b.jpg)
- [#7501 Varpa](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/cap/7501.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.info/collection/7000/7501-b.jpg)
- [#7534 Varpa](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/cap/7534.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.info/collection/7000/7534-b.jpg)
- [#16625 Varpa](https://dacaps.imcoll.info/cap/16625.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.info/collection/16000/16625-b.jpg)