1. Brew’d New Beers: Knee Deep Hoptologist Ballast Point Thai Chili Wit Breakside Imperial Red Naparbier Sai Saison Les Trois Mousquetaires S.S. Kellerbier Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA (bottle) Rogue Sriracha Stout (bottle) Events: Thursday, March 19th – Deschutes Tap Attack Wednesday, March 25th – All day/night ‘Pucker Up’ Sour Beer Night featuring Cantillon Mamouche … Continue reading
Where are you originally from and how did you end up in Hawaii? I’m originally from Long Island, NY and came out to Hawai’i in 2005 to attend the University of Hawai’i Manoa. I also have a great respect and passion for the ocean and surfing, so it was a win-win situation. How did you … Continue reading
Where are you originally from and how did you end up in Hawaii? I am originally from Gilbert Arizona, The house I grew up in is actually 3 miles away from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. I enlisted in the United States Army in 2001 and was stationed at Schofield Barracks after basic training. After completing … Continue reading
If you were able to snag tickets for the 2015 Kona Brewers Festival consider yourself very lucky. Tickets sold out in a little less than 10 minutes online and the lines to purchase tickets at Kona Brewing’s pubs in Kona and Hawaii Kai were pretty long. The festival is Hawaii’s premiere beer event and loaded with … Continue reading
Oahu’s premiere and only true beer festival has a new name and a new date, but it’s still going to be the same great festival. The Honolulu Brewers Festival, formally the Real Beer Festival, will take place on Saturday, April 18th, in Kaka’ako. This is the 3rd year of the festival put on by the … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA Naparbier Sai Saison Trois Mousquetaires Kellerbier Slaapmutske Dry-Hopped Lager Mikkeller Kiin Kiin Spiced Pilsner (bottle) Stillwater Cellar Door (bottle) Norrebro Bryghus North Bridge Extreme IIPA (bottle) Events: Thursday, March 19th – Deschutes Tap Attack Wednesday, March 25th – All day/night ‘Pucker Up’ Sour Beer Night featuring … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Deschutes The Abyss 2014 Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero Honolulu Beerworks South Shore Stout Green Flash Soul Style IPA Fifty Fifty Eclipse (Elijah Craig, Evan Williams 23 year, Four Roses, Highwest Bourbon, Highwest Rye, Java Coffee, Rittenhouse Rye bottles) Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break Natale Pretty Please with a Cherry on Top … Continue reading
When it rains it pours. Hawaii is about to get even more great beer from the Pacific Northwest via Craft Northwest Distributors. The relatively new distribution company has been bringing in high quality wines from Oregon and Washington for a little over a year and is now ready to provide Hawaii with a slew of great … Continue reading
We went from only having a few Oregon based breweries available in Hawaii to a landslide in the past year. The latest, Occidental Brewing Company, is slated to start distributing to the islands in the next month. The Portland based brewery focuses primarily on German style lagers and European Ales. These guys don’t do IPAs. I’m … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Clown Shoes Royal Standard Wee Heavy Breakside Salted Caramel Stout Maui Big Swell IPA Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner Pelican Imperial Pelican Ale Deschutes Hop Henge (bottles) 8-Wired Rewired Brown Ale (bottles) Events: United Stouts of America a Tasting of the Dark Side featuring multiple 100 point Stouts on tap and limited … Continue reading
Beer In Hawaii 