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. Real A Gastropub
New Beers:

• Aecht schlenkerla helles lager
• ToØL Black Maria
• Nøgne Ø India saison
• Nøgne Ø imperial brown
• Nøgne Ø Global Pale Ale
• Nøgne Ø Mandarina IPA
• Panil Raphael (Bottle)
• Het Nest Schuppenboer (Bottle)
• Thiriez Amber (Bottle)
• Thiriez Blonde (Bottle)

Events:

Tuesday March 18th is a Nøgne Ø Tap Attack

2. Murphy’s
New Beers:

• Guinness, Guinness, Guinness

Events:

St. Patricks Day – Monday, March 17th.

3. SWAM
New Beers:

• Sierra Nevada 4 Way IPA Sampler: Blindfold Black IPA, Torpedo Extra IPA, Snow Wit White IPA, Nooner Session IPA
• Coopers Lager
• Thornbridge St. Petersburg Stout
• Fireman’s Brew Brunette
• Porterhouse Irish Red
• Timmermans Strawberry Lambicus

Events:
Thursday Beer Tasting with Bill Carl, Certified Cicerone with Southern Wine and Spirits
Located in the Waimalu Plaza
Thursday, March 13, 2014
from 5 pm to 8 pm
It’s FREE!

4. Bar 35
Events: Wednesday, March 19th – ESBs. 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.

5. Tamura’s Waialae
New Beers:

• KCCO Black Lager
• Heretic Evil Twin, Evil Cousin, Shallow Grave

6. Liquor Collection
New Beers:

• Widmer Upheaval IPA

7. Kauai Islands Brewing
New Beers:

• Kauai Islands
• Leliani Light
• Lilikoi
• West side Wheat
• Waialeale Ale
• Fonz IPA
• Canefire Red
• Pakala Porter
• Na Pali Pale

Events:
Greenstone Project, Friday 3/21

8. Pint + Jigger
New Beers:

• Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Barrel aged stout 6.9% abv
• Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA 10% abv
• Coronado collaboration with Cigar City Jurata Baltic Porter 8% abv
• Maui collaboration with Pizza Port 6th Sense Blood Orange IPA 8.1% abv
• Goose Island Pere Jacques Dubbel 8.7% abv
• Iron Fist Hired Hand Saison 6.5% abv

9. Maui Brewing Company Pub
New Beers: