Hop Grail
Clusternutter
- Pastry Stout
- 6.9% ABV
- Label approved Aug 4
Had it? My score
90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Alvarium Beer Company's Pastry Stout. Label approved 4 August 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 78% of the 324 Pastry Stout labels we've read.
From the label“You see, Peanut Butter and Chocolate's routine was getting a little tired, you dig? So they loosened their collars and invited their friend, Salt, to the party to spice things up. Instead of being awkward, the results proved, well…savory for everybody. This one melts in your mouth, your hands, everywhere, baby. Thanks for picking up this can; clearly you have good taste and/or an attraction to shiny objects! By holding this can, you have inadvertently formed a bond with it and imprinted a piece of your soul inside. Putting the can down now may cause emotional damage to the contents, causing it to act out against future drinkers. Please keep your new friend cold and consume fresh for maximum happiness! Dispose of empty husk in recycling bin. No tears; it had a rich, fulfilling life with you and nobody can take that away. Drink fresh, drink dank, Bug, Mike & Chris”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 52–60°F (11–16°C)
- Glass
- Snifter: a wide bowl you can warm in your hand, for a small strong pour
About 275–350 calories and 35–54 g carbs
About 135 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Pastry Stout. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 4th of 5 labels we have from Alvarium Beer Company. It is one of 38 pastry stout labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
A split-field label dominated by a large diagonal cream banner bearing the beer name in tall shadow serif letters. The background divides into bright yellow (upper right) and red-orange (left), with yellow areas filled with fine hatching texture. The beer's flavour — salted peanut butter cup porter — appears in large brown serif type against the yellow field. A small brewery seal and logotype occupy the upper left; marketing copy and tasting notes fill the right side in white and cream type. The label's playful narrative voice and hand-lettered signature at lower right reinforce an informal, character-driven aesthetic.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: StoutBrewery: Alvarium Beer Company