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:

• BIG ISLAND BREWHAUS OVERBOARD CASK
• Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA draft & bottles
• Deschutes Conflux No.3 Doppel Dinkel Bock bottles
• Weihenstephaner Original bottles
• Thornbridge Halcyon IIPA draft
• Brouwerij Alken-Maus Grimbergen Dubbel draft
• De Ranke Saison De Dottignies bottles
• Sierra Nevada Equinox Single Hop IPA draft & bottles

2. Whole Foods Kailua
New Beers:

• Widmer Saison A’ Fleurs
• Birra Del Borgo “My Antonia”
• Deschutes Dopple Dinkel ( Limited 6 cases)
• Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA
• Birra Del Borgo Estruca Bronze & Estruca Ale
• Ballast Point – Piper Down & Fathom IPL

3. Pint + Jigger
New Beers:

• Green Flash West Coast IPA, 8.1 %abv
• Sierra Beer Camp Yvan The Great Belgian Blonde, 6.3%abv
• Sierra Hoptimum Imperial IPA, 10.2%abv
• Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter, 6%abv
• Breakside Wanderlust IPA, 4.6%abv

4. Yard House Waikiki
New Beers: The Chalkboard Beer Series is a rotating selection of five draft beers selected monthly and offering some of the most unique and complex beers from local, domestic and imported brewers. Stay updated with new beers hitting the Yard House Chalkboard Beer Series here with the live feed of what’s available!

• Goose Island Pere Jacques
• Kona Lemongrass Luau
• Rogue Honey Kolsch
• Green Flash Road Warrior
• Lost Coast 25th Anniversary Ale
• Deschutes Twilight – Seasonal Rotating Beer
• Samuel Adams Summer Ale – Seasonal Rotating Beer
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager – Seasonal Rotating Beer
• Woodchuck Summer Cider – Seasonal Rotating Beer

Adding Corona Light and Green Flash West Coast IPA on year round in the next two weeks.

5. Liquor Collection
New Beers:

• Widmer / Breakside: Saison A’ Fleurs
• Deschutes / Distelhauser: Dopple Dinkel Bock
• Deschutes: Foray (Belgian IPA)
• Sierra Nevada: Flipside IPA

6. 12th Ave. Grill
Events:

12th Ave Grill’s End of the Summer Beer Dinner with Certified Cicerone Bill Carl

Monday, August 18th, 6:30 pm – $80 all inclusive – tickets at 12thavegrillendofsummerbeerdinner.eventbrite.com or call 732.9469 for pre paid tickets for the event
Menu

1st Course
Spicy Kauai Shrimp-Scallop Sausage
w/green papaya-watercress slaw

Pinkus Organic Ur-Pilsner
Dogfish Head Birra del Borgo My Antonia

2nd Course
Crispy Nut Brown Ale braised Duroc Pork Rib
w/Big Island apricot-molasses glaze, Kula onions two ways

Clown Shoes Brown Angel
Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale

3rd Course
Slow grilled Maui Cattle Co Bone In Short Rib
w/Hau’ula tomato-kohlrabi relish

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen (smoked)
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen (smoked)

4th Course
Grilled, curry marinated Haleakala Lamb Kabob
w/Naked Cow Lebanon cheese tzatziki

Breakside Brewery Wanderlust IPA
Big Island Brewhaus Holy Humulus IPA

Dessert
Roasted Coconut Tres Leches Cake
w/Porter caramelized Apple Bananas

Big Island Brewhaus White Mountain Porter

7. Kona Brewing Company – Koko Head Marina
New Beers:

• Kua Bay IPA: ABV: 7.2% IBU: 60 – Bold & bright IPA full of earthy hops backed with a sweet caramel maltiness. An ode to the original Castaway recipe.
• Black Lava Lager: ABV: 5.0% IBU: 59 – A crisp and roasty dark lager brewed with Big Island taro root.

Events: Live Music

Friday: Jive Nene featuring Simone Cole

Saturday: Boogie

Sunday: Ledward Kaapana

8. Kauai Beer Company
New Beer:

Cali Common/Amber Lager called the Selfie-Steam. 4.73% and 32 ibu’s!

9. Maui Brewing Company Pub
Events:

Beer School at the Kahana Brewpub – Water & Yeast
$20 per person – 11:30am – Tuesday, August 12th
This session of our beer school series explores the very important uses and manipulations of water and yeast as an ingredient in brewing beer. That’s right, these are the two necessary ingredients one can not omit in making beer. We will introduce you to the geographical origins and variations of water and yeast used in brewing, and talk about how these ingredients contribute to the mouthfeel and flavor to different beer styles and ultimately take brewing from godly to scientific.

The admission price covers the tasting of our house beers to showcase an understanding of the flavors and expressions of these ingredients. We’re excited to offer light food pairings along with the tasting presented by our Beer School partner Whole Foods Market. Together we will explore how food and beer can synchronize for the ultimate experience.