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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7.3/10 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

7.5/10 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

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 6.5
Brewery draught, 5/24/25.
Heavily hazy, golden-maize. Small, white head.
A bit oniony. Definite spice from both hops but I'm not in love with how this brewery does Mosaic. Sparse cracker from malt and otherwise clean.
Again clean and with sparse, cracker-like malts leaving a bit too light of a body. Heavy spice, some of it oniony but other enjoyable flavors in there too.
Tried from Draft at Alvarium Beer Company on 25 May 2025 at 11:11

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Brewery draught, 5/24/25.
As pictured.
Clean yeast with light mineral and subdued fruit. Bit of spice from hop and good graininess from something like six row maybe? Clean, not super aromatic.
Excellent flavor with ample bitterness, good grainy texture and a light but ample body. Dry, clean, well-hopped with slight corn accents.
Tried from Draft at Alvarium Beer Company on 24 May 2025 at 20:35

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Brewery draught, 5/24/25.
Heavily hazy, bronze-maize-golden. Small, white head quickly to ring.
Some spice and floral notes. Maybe a touch of onion. Very deep, dank spice. Sparse malts and a somewhat fruity yeast. Clean, no resin or alcohol noted.
Juicy and very fruity with a pineapple character, fresh squeezed orange and a mildly spicy bitterness on the end. Good malt depth and attenuation. Clean. Checks all the boxes and has appropriate bitterness. Reminds me a lot of Other Half. My first Alvarium beer so not sure how much their IPAs may already taste like OH.
Tried from Draft at Alvarium Beer Company on 24 May 2025 at 20:14

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Taste pour from a can at rising pint. Deeply hazy dark yellow with nice head and excellent retention. Nice lacing. Aroma is Cirus stone fruit slightly dank. Taste is citrus, nonspecific, fruit, and dank. Smooth texture, lively carbonation, finish as taste. Solid.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2025 at 20:15

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Can at St Marteen, kind courtesy of mansquito. Pours murky golden with a white head. Nose is huge fruit punch, packed with cantaloupe, citruses and apricot. Taste is also fruity and sweet upfront, but then it also shows rather intense hoppyness, and the fruits are very well incorporated in the base beer - the fruits are hard to tell apart from the hops and vica versa, it’s outstandingly well balanced. Closes with a long lasting juicy, fruity, and somewhat bitter hoppy finish, it’s got a full, smooth body and soft carbonation. Generally not a fan of fruited IPAs but damn this is a truly excellent example of the style. Oh and also proof for me that every style can be done well, some are just harder to nail.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:17

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Can shared at home, courtesy of mansquito. Murky, pale golden pour with a white head. Nose and taste are tropical fruits, mango and papaya, and also pineapple and passion fruit notes. Mostly sweet with a hint of bitterness in the finish, and it also gets dry there. Light to medium bodied with soft carbo.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:16

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Four pack gifted by my mom. She liked it, so how bad could it be? Hazy, dull, orange-colored pour. Super heady, thick & sticky. Pithy, woody, sweet pine, white bread nose. Frothy, strong, honey orange, yellow onion, faintly sharp, danky asparagus piss, confectionary, citrus sweet finish. Mellow bitter bite on the tail. Juicy & fresh. Okay-ish. Burnt out on hazies.
Tried on 17 Aug 2024 at 01:17

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
16 oz can in a trade with tfontana. Aroma is a ton of grapefruit, lemon, melon. Flavor pops with fruit. Very mild citrus pith bitterness with a bold juicy texture. A very nice NEIPA!
Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2024 at 00:12