It’s hop harvest season in the Pacific Northwest and that means fresh hop beers. While Portland is awash in fresh hop beers for this weekends Fresh Hop Fest, Hawaii craft beer fans will also get the chance to try a number of beers brewed with hops that were less than 36 hours old. Last year, … Continue reading
Big news for Oregon craft beer lovers in Hawaii. Local distributor Craft Northwest just announced they have secured Hawaii distribution for Caldera Brewing Company, Base Camp Brewing and Ale Apothecary. All three are very well known in Oregon and each bring a little something different to the island craft beer scene. Craft Northwest is the … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Lanikai Forever Summer P.O.G. Berliner Weisse Breakside Passionfruit Sour Ale Ritterguts Gose The Monarchy Grodziskie Smoked Wheat Ale Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen Occidental Festbier Oktoberfest Midnight Sun C-Bock Eisbock Events: Mad for Munich Oktoberfest/German Bier Tap Takeover Wednesday 9/30. 2. Real New Beers: Ayinger Oktoberfest The Monarchy Preussen Weisse Lost Coast Downtown Brown … Continue reading
Mead is a drink that has always had a mystical allure for me. It can be directly tied to the land and air of the place it is made. Much like the terroir found in wine, one can trace the roots of mead back to a direct place where natures true work horses, bees, live … Continue reading
My picks of beer news from around the web that you need to read and my two cents on the topics. Most of the time it’s Hawaii beer news topics, but every once in a while you’ll find other general beer related topics. Star Advertiser – Hawaii goes nano. Stewbum & Stonewall is currently one of the … Continue reading
630. 120. 10. 1. No, those are not some random codes from Lost. They mark the incredible growth of the beer scene in Hawaii over the past four years. Yesterday marked the 4th year in a row Honolulu has hosted one of the most unique beer events in the world. Zwanze Day officially began in … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Cantillon Vigneronne (bottle) Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru (bottle) Stillwater Vacuum Black Smoked IPA (bottle) Stillwater Mono Hoppy Pilsner (bottle) Stillwater Yacht Dry Hopped Session Lager (draught) Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker Session IPA (draught) Against the Grain Rico Sauvin IPA (draught) Events: Wednesday September 30th Mad for Munich Oktoberfest Tap … Continue reading
Lanikai Brewing Company is launching a new line of rotating keg only beers, called the Brewers Series, starting with a POG Berliner Weisse. The brewery has been focused on production of their two core beers, a double IPA and Porter, since their launch earlier this year and the new Brewers Series will allow them … Continue reading
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It’s been a few weeks since the initial announcement of New Belgium Brewing coming to Hawaii and now I finally have release dates and beers. Hawaii marks New Belgium’s 40th state and we can expect the full line up of their great beers. We’ll have to wait until February, but it’ll be worth the wait. … Continue reading
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