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. Brew’d
New Beers:
- Green Flash Double Stout bottle
- Green Flash Hop Head Red bottle & draft
- Green Flash Imperial IPA bottle
- Green Flash Le Freak bottle & draft
- Green Flash Road Warrior Imperial Rye IPA bottle & draft
- Green Flash West Coast IPA bottle & draft
- Moylans Hopsickle IIIPA bottle
- Moylans Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale bottle
- Moylans Moylander IIPA bottle
- Moylans Ryan Sullivan’s Imp Stout bottle
- Ayinger Maibock draft
- De Ranke XXX Bitter draft
2. Whole Foods Kailua
New Beers:
- Green Flash – Le Freak, Imperial IPA, Hop Head Red, Double Stout
- Deschutes XXVI
- Moylans – Double IPA, Kilt Lifter, Imperial Stout, Hopsicle Triple IPA
Events:
Friday July 18, 5:00-8:00PM “Meet the Brewer” at the Whole Foods Windward Bar Kailua
Featured beers: Longboard, Big Wave, Castaway, Wailua Wheat, Lavaman, Black Sand Porter, Lemongrass Luau
3. Real A Gastropub
New Beers:
- Green Flash Double Stout (bottle)
- Green Flash Hop Head Red (bottle)
- Green Flash Imperial IPA (bottle)
- Green Flash Le Freak (bottle)
- Green Flash Road Warrior Imperial Rye IPA (bottle)
- Green Flash West Coast IPA (bottle)
Events:
July 21st is our taste of Germany beer tasting presented by Cicerone Certified Bill Carl
July 22nd is Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America tap attack with 14 Sierra Nevada beers on Draft
- Green Flash Double Stout
- Green Flash Hop Hed Red Double Red IPA
- Green Flash Imperial IPA
- Green Flash Le Freak Belgian Style Imperial IPA
- Green Flash Road Warrior Imperial Rye IPA
- Green Flash West Coast IPA
- Deschutes Not the Stoic Belgian Styled Quad (back in stock)
- Knee Deep Simtra Triple IPA (back in stock)
5. Bar 35
Events: Wednesday, July 23 – Belgian 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.
6. Murphy’s
New Beers:
- Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America beers (rotating through all 12)
7. Liquor Collection
New Beers:
- Green Flash Le Freak
- Green Flash Road Warrior
- Green Flash Imperial IPA
- Green Flash West Coast IPA
- Green Flash Hop Head Red
- Green Flash Double Stout
- Deschutes Black Butte 26th Anniversary
- Fish Tale Hodgsons Bitter End IPA
- Fish Tale Vicious Circle Red
- Fish Tale Beyond the Pale
- Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen
- Leavenworth Whistling Pig Hefeweizen
- Moylan’s Kilt Lifter
- Moylan’s Hopsickle
8. Monkeypod Kitchen Ko’Olina
New Beers:
- Breakside Brewing Passionfruit Sour
9. Brasserie Du Vin
Events:
Friday, July 25, 2014, 6 p.m.
The Brewer’s Table Beer Dinner Series at Brasserie Du Vin Bar B Q Beer Dinner
Meet & Greet: North Coast Brewing Scrimshaw
First Course: Lobster Corn Dog
Served with Erdinger Hefeweizen
Second Course: BBQ Cornish Game Hen
Served with Mad River Jamaica Red
Third Course: Baby Back BBQ Pork Rib
Served with Moylan’s Kilt Lifter
Dessert: Fondue de Pomme
Served with Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
Please call 545-1115 to make reservations.
10. Kona Brewing Company Koko Marina Pub
Events:
LIVE MUSIC
Friday the 18th: Kona Kai Duo
Saturday the 19th: Boogie
Sunday the 20th: Groove n Chill
11. Pint + Jigger
New Beers:
THIS IS IT!!!! GREEEEEEN FLAAAAAAASH flowing from our taps for the first time in Hawaii starting tomorrow (Friday, 7/18) night…
- West Coast IPA, 8.1%ABV
- Hop Head Red, 8.1%ABV
- Double Stout, 8.8%ABV
- Imperial IPA, 9.0%ABV
- LE FREAK, 9.2%ABV
- Road Warrior, 9.0%ABV
All served in PINTS. We open at 4:30PM, as usual.
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