Almost every day for the past several weeks, anxious fans of Alvarado Street Brewery have stopped by the new production facility in Castroville to ask when its taproom would open. Now there is a date: Saturday, Nov. 7.

When Alvarado Street Brewery’s taproom at its new Castroville production facility opens, it will have 20 taps. 

Carl Alasko has learned a few things in his time as a restaurateur. Once, for example, he dropped prices by 30 percent for 30 days and tallied the best month of the year.

There is a moment when Alvarado Street Brewery’s Spooky Juice is almost friendly. A mild, plush notion of stone fruit, citrus and gentle malt leaves the palate suspecting little more than a pleasant hazy evening.