Alvarado Street Brewery

Brewpub in Monterey, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
426 Alvarado Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Subsidiaries
Alvarado Street Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
In late 2013, J.C. Hill got a call from his father, John, asking if he’d like to open a brewery restaurant in Monterey. The opportunity to collaborate on a project with his father and move home to Northern California to start a family with his wife, Melanie, could not be ignored and thus he moved. Located in a historically registered building in Old Monterey, this is our original location that opened in 2014. The Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill serves locally sourced, gastropub-influenced fare built around it's beers that are produced on-site.

In April of 2016 our Salinas Production Brewery & taproom opened to supplement house offerings at our downtown Monterey pub, and allow us to supply draft beer to quality minded local establishments.

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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at Out of the Barrel.

Tried on 03 Jan 2026 at 21:22


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Slight haze, fairly tropical, light bitterness. Apricotty, orangey, fruity. Decent hazy.

Tried on 22 Dec 2025 at 00:39


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

Pint can. Passion fruit aroma with notes of mango, lychee, papaya, grapefruit and floral hops. Pours clear golden colored with a finger of off white head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with juicy passion fruit, lychee and grapefruit hop flavors. Finishes dry but smooth with mango, papaya and floral hop flavors. Quite nice.

Tried from Can from Coaltrain Wine and Liquor on 21 Dec 2025 at 09:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Drat. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Lime and tropical fruit flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Lime and tropical fruit linger with light grapefruit and light earth.

Tried on 15 Dec 2025 at 22:28


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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5

From Good Times Oakland, canned November 12th 2025.

It pours a hazy light orange with a finger of foam, good retention and lacing.

The smell is citrus grapefruit, tropical fruit, large level of dankness.

The taste is grapefruit citrus, tropical fruit that brings dankness, pine, hoppy as heck but the combination of hops used doesn't work that well for me.

Good enough mouthfeel, I would not seek this out.

Tried from Can on 14 Dec 2025 at 15:15


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

Tap at Smoke Eaters.

Tried on 24 Nov 2025 at 21:19


8.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can at Smoke Eaters. This is fantastic! Pours turbid orange-gold with small white head. Overt citrus aroma. Flavor is massive orange with viscous, velvety texture. Wonderful.

Tried on 21 Nov 2025 at 23:06


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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From Good Times Oakland, canned October 22nd.

Pours a clear pale gold, good head of foam, retention and lacing are fine.

The smell is big pine, tropical fruit, melon, dankness, the hoppiness is a bit overwhelming.

The taste reflects the smell. Intense tropical fruit and pine, spicy, melon , pretty darn dank. Kind of hard to drink, to be honest.

Mouthfeel is juicy, I would not drink this again.

Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2025 at 15:48


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Opaque, clean pale malt. Hops are orange and onions. Ok, this is full of fucking sulphur and that doesn't work for me.

Tried on 16 Nov 2025 at 04:49


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small beige head, aroma of gingerbread, ginger ale; smooth palate; balanced flavor with a long, light bitter sweet finish.

Tried from Draft at Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill / Beer Garden on 29 Oct 2025 at 01:18