Alvarium Beer Company

Microbrewery in New Britain, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Alvarium Beer Company

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365 John Downey Drive Suite B, New Britain, CT, 06051, United States

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5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Pours black with a thick fluffy brown head. Aroma of coffee. Taste has bitter chocolate and more coffee notes. Palate has much of the same, some lingering expresso elements. Good.

Tried on 11 Mar 2026 at 17:43


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Draught @ Ditmars Bier and Cheese, Queens NYC (2025). Opaque very dark brown with small frothy beige head, very faint toasted malt aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter dark roasted malt taste with oats smoothness, thin body, long smooth finish. Not bad, though a bit watery.

Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2026 at 20:27


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Can (12/20/24) from Manchester Wine & Liquors. Opaque, cola brown with light sparkle, decent-sized, creamy head with excellent retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong lactose and vanilla, fruit, nutmeg and spice. Taste is strong lactose, vanilla, nutmeg, fruit, spice, coconut, late molasses. Smooth, creamy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Have never had a Coquito but this is certainly interesting. Unclear if 11 months muted this or not? Wonderful palate, excellent complexity and things work pretty well together.

Tried from Can from Manchester Wine and Liquors on 04 Nov 2025 at 03:20


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16 oz can shared by tfontana, Thank you! Aroma has weak citrus and wheat. In the flavor I am not finding The traditional German yeast esters you would find in the style.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2025 at 21:01

gave a cheers!

6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can from Manchester Wine and Liquors. Lightly hazy gold with no sparkle, no head, no lacing. Aroma is wheat, mild fruit, hint of clove and vanilla. Taste is strong wheat; other aspects are lacking. Average-to-lively carbonation, finish as taste. A light wheat beer but lacking the most interesting advertised aspects.

Tried from Can from Manchester Wine and Liquors on 25 Oct 2025 at 20:45


8.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz can. Date of can: 07/02/25. It is Supa Fresh!! Aroma of tangerine, mild melon, and soft vanilla like hint. Wow. The flavor is exactly as the flavor. It’s sweet, but not overly sweet. The alcohol is totally hidden. Zero bitterness. Drinks WAY lighter than the 9.1 %. This is nice!

Tried from Can from Harvest Wine & Spirits on 31 Aug 2025 at 20:53


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Aroma of mild pineapple, mango, orange juice. The can is super old. Canned 02/13/25. It has held exceptionally well! Flavor of pineapple, mango, orange juice. No off flavors. Lots of fruit with a mild bitterness.
Balanced.

Tried from Can from Harvest Wine & Spirits on 31 Aug 2025 at 20:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, from Broadway Dive Bar, Manhattan. Pours hazy dark yellow with a large foamy off-white head, citrus-pineapple aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter pineapple-mango taste, smooth body, long finish. Smooth and mellow.

Tried from Can at Broadway Dive (Formerly: Dive Bar - 101st) on 09 Jun 2025 at 15:30


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Brewery draught, 5/24/25.
Darker bronze-copper-apricot. Small, off-white head. Heavy haze.
Heavy, yet authentic apricot in both the nose and the flavor. Really a shame that they've overdone it, because the fruit is lovely. But it's hard to get at much of anything else here. Good texture, not too sweet, some hop spice and light bitterness. Clean.

Tried from Draft at Alvarium Beer Company on 25 May 2025 at 11:27


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Brewery draught, 5/24/25.
Heavily hazy, bright golden-maize. Small, white head.
Subtle spice in the nose with straightforward citrus and mango softness. Round, clean, with honey and white bread notes from the malt. Not overly aromatic.
Soft, juicy, maybe a touch in the sweet and under bittered side, but clean and with no heavy pine/spruce or earth from the Galaxy. Mostly round citrus.

Tried from Draft at Alvarium Beer Company on 25 May 2025 at 11:17