Welcome to the HI Beer Blast, your weekly guide to what’s new at Hawaii’s best craft beer bars, restaurants, brewpubs and more. You’ll also find info on local beer events. New blasts go out every week on Thursdays.
1. Humpy’s Kona
New Beers:
- Affligem Blond
- Hoegaarten
- Leffe
- Big Island Brewhaus Overboard IPA
- Deschutes Armory XPA
- Aloha Lager
- Kona Lemongrass Luau (Blonde Ale, Turbinado sugar, Big Island Ginger, and Lemongrass)
- Coronado Orange Ave Wit
- Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
Events:
Tomorrow Night (Friday, May 23) -Taste of Belgium. A-B will be here to taste us on their unique Belgian beers, while our chefs concoct some delicious Belgian style food.
Next Friday- Sierra Nevada Tap Attack. 15-20 different Sierra Nevada beers with a unique sensory bar and a 3-course Prix Fix beer dinner menu.
2. SWAM
New Beers:
- Mad River Brewing Co. Double Dread Imperial Red Ale
- Mad River Brewing Co. Steelhead Porter
3. Bar 35
Events:
Wednesday, May 15 – House of Brews – Animal Beers. Each week a different theme and EIGHT different beers to be tasted. Andy Baker, Hawaii’s own encyclopedia of all things beer, is on hand to explain and enlighten. Tasting includes Chef Valentini’s pizza. Majority of tastings run $25 per person.
4. Feral Pig
New Beers:
- Chainbreaker
- Inversion IPA
- Twighlight summer Ale
- Armory XPA
- Obsidian Stout
- And 22 oz. bottles of class of 88 barely wine
5. Bonzer Front
- Anchor Summer
- Deschutes Twilight
- Rogue American Amber
- Sierra SummerFest
- Sam Adams Porch Rocker
- Goose Island Summer
Events:
Beer Tasting – All of these beers will be featured at our monthly beer tasting on May 25th at the Bonzer Front 5-7pm
- Newcastle Bombshell
- Widmer Seasonal Citra Blonde
- Delirium Nocturnum
- Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale
- Duchesse De Bourgogne Flemish Red
- Kona Wailua Ale
