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:
Crooked Stave Surette Provisional Saison (bottle)
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal Saison (bottle)
Erdinger Oktoberfest (bottle)
Ayinger Oktoberfest (bottle)
To Ol Udder Means (bottle)
Hogans Cider Pickers Passion Bag-in-Box (3L box)
Renaissance Black The RIPA (bottle)
Events:
2. Whole Foods Kailua
New Beers:
Sierra Nevada – Terra Incognita (limited 12 bottles only)
Goose Island – The Ogden
Butte Creek – Organic IPA & Pilsner
Sierra Nevada – Fall Variety 12pks
Mission Brewing – Shipwreacked DIPA / IPA / Hefeweizen / El Conquistador XPA (22’s/32oz cans & 6pks)
Ommegang – Scythe & Sickle 4pks
Widmer Brothers – 30th Anniversary Collaboration #3: Fizz
Crispin – Honey Cider
Hawaii Nui – Southern Cross 19oz cans
Mehana – Tsunami IPA 19oz cans
On Tap At the Windward Bar
Maui Brewing Co. – Mana Wheat / Big Swell IPA / Bikini Blonde
Kona – Big Wave / Longboard /Wailua Wheat /Cast Away IPA / Black Sand Porter / Lavaman Red
Widmer – Saison A Fleurs / Hefe
Deschutes – Inversion IPA / Black Butte Porter
Lost Coast – Downtown Brown
Left Coast – Trestles IPA / Hop Juice DIPA / Una Mas Amber Lager
Ballast Point – Sculpin IPA
Rogue – Good Chit Pilsner
Iron Fist – Nelson the Impaler / Renegade Blonde
Blue Moon
Ayinger – Oktoberfest Marzen
3. Real a Gastropub
New Beers:
Sierra Nevada x Firestone Walker Torpedo Pilsner (Beer Camp)
Mystic Descendant
Page 24 Brun
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Mikkeller French Oak Series (bottle)
De Molen Mud & Funk (bottle)
ToØL Barrel-Aged Sur Maelk (bottle)
ToØL Red Wine Barrel-Aged Liquid Confidential Imperial Chili Stout (bottle)
Widmer Bros Saison A Fleurs
Sierra Nevada Single Hop Equinox IPA
Sam Adams Oktoberfest
Coronado Brewing 18th Anniversary Imperial IPA
Widmer Bros Okto
Kona Brewing Black Sand Porter
5. Kauai Beer Company
New Beers:
Summer Wheat – American Wheat – 23.6 IBU – 5.63% – This beer features Helga, Summer & Amarillo hops, for a fruity, spicy & delicate floral character.
Another Red Beer – American Amber Ale – 39.1 IBU – 5.04% – Slightly bitter upfront with a creamy caramel finish.
Selfie-Steam – California Common – 32.0 IBU – 4.73% – Moderately malty, pronounced hop bitterness with toasty and caramelly malt flavor.
6. Liquor Collection
New Beers:
Sierra Nevada Ovila Tripel
Ommegang Scythe & Sickle
Coronado Anniversary IPA
Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Hitacnino Sweet Stout
Mad River Humboldt Haze
7. Bar 35
Events: Wednesday, September 17 – Colors of Fall (Widmer Brothers Kill Devil Brown, Aloha Red Ale, Sam Adams Stoney Brook Red, Coronado Mermaid Red Ale.) 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.
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