Hawaii Beer Blast #63: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update

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:

ANCHOR LIBERTY ALE
ANCHOR SUMMER
ANCHOR BREKLES BROWN
ANCHOR STEAM
ANCHOR CHRISTMAS ALE
ANCHOR IPA
ANCHOR CALIFORNIA LAGER
MIKKELLER WINBIC (BOTTLES)
PAYS FLAMAND/STILLWATER FRENCH CONNECTION (BOTTLES)
KERKOM BINK BLOESEM (BOTTLES)
MIKKELLER/AMAGER BARREL AGED VEASEL BRUNCH (BOTTLES)
PRAIRIE/MIKKELLER AMERICA STYLE (BOTTLES)
DIEU DU CIEL GRAND NORCEUR (BOTTLES)

Events: Tuesday May 13th is an Anchor Tap Attack in honor of American Craft Beer Week

2. Murphy’s
New Beers:

Sam Adams Summer Ale
Coronado Brewing Frog’s Breath IPA
Maui Brewing Hawaii Standard IPA
Humboldt Brewing Brown Hemp Ale

3. Tamura’s
New Beers:

Ommegang Fleur de Houblon
Ritterguts Gose
Mikkeller Spontanrosehip
Mikkeller Spontancassis
Toccalmatto B Space Invader
Toccalmatto Zona Cesarini

4. Maui Brewing Company Pub
New Beers:

Pahoehoe Peppered Porter
Double Overhead IPA
Lorenzini Blood Orange IPA
Vienna Wait for You – Vienna-style Lager

5. Kauai Beer Company
New Beers:

Mild ale, 3.1%, 16.1 IBUs – We also have a rotating Nitro Tap, and the Mild Ale is on that now.

6. Liquor Collection
New Beers:

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum
Ommegang Fleur De Houblon
Knee Deep Citra
Knee Deep Hoptologist
Knee Deep Simtra
Knee Deep Tanilla
Knee Deep McCarthy’s Bane

7. Brew’d
New Beers:

Maui Shifting Winds IPA
Deschutes Pine Drops IPA
Big Island Brewhaus Tall Dark and Mandarin
Rogue Mom Half-E-Weizen
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum
Anchor California Lager
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

8. Pint + Jigger
New Beers:

Lost Coast Watermelon Wheat 5% abv, 15.5oz $6.50
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis 4.8% abv, 20oz $8
Lost Coast Hop Juice 2xIPA 9.7% abv, 16oz $9
Iron Fist Spice of Life 6.5% abv, 16oz $9
Left Coast VooDoo Stout 8.5%, 12oz $8

9. Kona Brewing Company Koko Marina Pub
New Beers:

Bulldog Brown – ABV: 6.1% IBU: 29 – An American Style Brown ale with pronounced malt and chocolate flavors balanced with a hop bitterness. The name Bulldog Brown pays homage to the most important machine in the brewery responsible for getting all the beer brewed at KBC from the brewers’ hands into the consumers’. The Bulldog is the keg cleaner/filler and works all day, every day.

10. Big Island Brewhaus
New Beers:

COCONUT CREME ALE 4.5% abv 20 IBU
This is a classic cream ale served on Nitro with a twist. We’ve added hand-toasted coconut to make this a rich, refreshing, creamy-coconut session beer! Great with spicy food!

KAFFIR THE BEER 6.3% abc 30 IBU This beer was brewed as a collaborative creation with Real Gastropub and Chef Troy Terorotua for their 2nd Anniversary celebration. We decided to use Hawaiian Kaffir Lime leaves instead of hops to spice this creamy-semi-sweet pale ale. It begins with lively, lime aromas leading to a firm semi-sweet maltiness and finishes with a touch of lime bitterness. A session-able strong pale ale that goes well with seafood and many other rich dishes.

“Kaffir The Beer” will debut at the Leeward Community College Culinary fundraiser paired with Chef Troy Terotorua’s special ceviche this coming Saturday, May 10th. It will then be featured at Real Gastropub on Friday May 23rd to celebrate their 2nd anniversary — Big Island Brewhaus made just one 10 barrel batch of this beer; it will be on tap only at Real & Big Island Brewhaus while it lasts. Conrgratulations Real, Thank you for bringing Hawaii the best in craft beers for 2 years!

11. SWAM
New Beers: