Ok, so I’m not entirely sure if this is the very first beer club in Hawaii, but it is the only one I know of right now. Bonzer Front, an awesome bottle shop and market in Haleiwa, has recently started a beer of the month club. The concept is simple. For $30 a month you’ll … Continue reading
Author Archives: Hale Brew
Hawaii Beer Blast #109: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Maui Black Pearl (will be tapped Wednesday at 7pm) Maui Citra Dry-Hopped Double Overhead IIPA CASK (will be tapped Wednesday at 6pm) Maui Imperial Coconut Porter Maui Father Damien Maui Hop Kine IPL Maui Hot Blonde Chili Helles Maui Haleakala SunRyes Maui Ono Grun Maui Pueo Pale Maui Lahaina Town Brown … Continue reading
The 10 Best Hawaii Beer Accounts to Follow on Instagram
Beer and Instagram are perfect for each other. I’ve never seen beer look so good as it has in pictures posted to Instagram (except when it’s in my hand and I’m drinking it.) The photo sharing platform is also an amazing way to stay up to date with what’s going on at your favorite brewery … Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #108: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Midnight Sun NITRO Berserker Bourbon BA Imperial Stout Midnight Sun NITRO Panty Peeler Belgian Style Triple Midnight Sun Meltdown IIPA Midnight Sun Pleasure Town IPA Midnight Sun Second Hand Smoke Midnight Sun Brewtality Midnight Sun I’ll Have Another Saison with Rye Events: Wednesday July 8th – Midnight Sun Brewing Co Release Party … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles: Hawaii Beer Reads for 07/01/15
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 – Big news from Maui Brewing Company today. They will be opening … Continue reading
From Field to Bottle – Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum
Saccharum officinarum, otherwise known as sugar cane, has been a life blood of the Hawaiian islands for hundreds of years. Over the past two decades the tall weed like grass has slowly disappeared from the gentle slopping hills of each island and so has a unique way of plantation life. I literally grew up surrounded … Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #107: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Cantillon (Iris, Cuvée Saint Gilloise, Saint Lamvinus, Kriek, 2011 Lou Pepe Gueuze) Drie Fonteinen Framboos Prairie Artisan Ales (Bomb!, Standard, Somewhere) Baird Brewing Temple Garden Yuzu Ale Fantome (Coffee Ruby, La Dalmatienne) Mission Hard Root Beer Cascade Kriek Brouwerij Van Steenberge Monks Cafe Flemish Sour Red (draft) Petrus Aged Pale (draft) … Continue reading
Could Growler Fills Be Coming to Hawaii Retailers and Bars?
UPDATE 07/14/15 – The “growler law” has been officially singed by Governor Ige. It may be a while before it gets implemented, but it’s finally legit in Hawaii! Growler fill stations and specialized growler shops have become all the rage in places like Portland. You’ve been able fill up a growler in bottle shops, mini marts, beer … Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #106: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Cantillon Kriek, Iris, Cuvée St. Gilloise, Saint Lamvinus & Lou Pepe (all bottles, next week delivery) Drie Fonteinen Framboos & Intense Red Oude Kriek (bottles, next week delivery) Fantome La Dalmatienne & Coffee Ruby (bottles, next week delivery) Prairie Artisan Ales Standard, Eliza5beth, Somewhere & Bomb (bottles, next week delivery) Left … Continue reading
Your Summer Beer: Kolsch
It’s officially summer and in my books that means it’s time for kolsch. Although we can enjoy this wonderful light and refreshing style year round in Hawaii, I tend to crave a kolsch most when it’s hot and humid. Lucky for us, it seems that the kolsch style is the new it beer with dozens of breweries … Continue reading