WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company

Coffee on one end, beer on the other, one room. WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company runs both programs out of a big open space on Shield Street in West Hartford, with long tables, picnic-style benches, a dog-friendly patio, and regular trivia nights that pull a crowd big enough to fill the room on a midweek evening. The coffee side roasts in-house. The beer side leans on NE Cider Co for selections that include a Blueberry Cider and a Princess Peach Sour Ale that come up by name when regulars are recommending what to drink on the beer side of the counter. On the coffee menu, the mocha iced latte with cherry cold foam is the standout order, the one to try if you only have one drink in you. The vanilla iced latte with Biscoff cold foam is the runner-up. A cappuccino works if you want something straightforward without the cold-foam treatment. The parking lot is the consistent complaint across visits. It is small and it tightens on trivia nights, so plan accordingly and have a backup spot in mind if you are arriving close to the start time. The other thing to flag plainly: hours have not always matched the posted close. One customer was kicked out 30 minutes before the listed closing time, so call ahead if you are cutting it close on an evening visit and want to make sure the door is still open when you arrive. For people who want both a coffee program and a beer program in the same room without changing venues, plus a patio for the dog and a working trivia night that draws a real crowd, this is the rare operation that pulls off the combination without the coffee side feeling like an afterthought to the brewery. The shared format is the case for the place. Plan for the parking and double-check the hours, and the room delivers.