Hoku Brewing Company has quietly popped onto the Honolulu brewing scene releasing two beers in the past couple of months. Unlike other breweries that open up with multiple beers, Hoku has decided to start slow, releasing one beer at a time. At the helm of the new brewery is Adam Boggs, a Colorado native, who … Continue reading
Author Archives: Hale Brew
Hawaii Beer Blast #105: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Evil Twin Low Life Pilsner Nogne Ø Single Hop Citra IPA Deschutes IRA La Caracole Saxo Knee Deep Hoptologist IIPA Nogne Ø Imperial Dunkel Wit (bottles) Evil Twin/Amager From Amager With Love (bottles) 2. Whole Foods Kahala New Beers: Sierra Nevada – Hoptimum 2015 Whole Cone Imperial IPA Iron Fist Brewing … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles: Hawaii Beer Reads for 06/09/15
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. Honolulu Magazine – The Hale Aina awards are back and it’s time to crown … Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #104: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Clown Shoes Crasher in the Rye Imperial Oatmeal Milk Stout aged in Rye & Bourbon Barrels Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin Green Flash Double Stout Maui Kihei Kolsch cans Ommegang Game of Thrones #5 Three-Eyed Raven Saison Nogne Ø Imperial Rye Porter Events: Midnight Sun Brewing Co. Release Party! Join us to … Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #103: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Cascade Blackberry (bottle) Cascade Apricot (bottle) Big Island Brewhaus Jabba the Sour Lanikai Pillbox Porter Stillwater Existent Green Flash Silva Stout Haandbryggeriet Belgian Pale Ale 2. Whole Foods Kahala New Beers: Ommegang/Game of Thrones – Three Eyed Raven Dark Saison Ale Samuel Adams – Summer Ale Maui Brewing Co – Kihei Kolsch … Continue reading
Alaska’s Midnight Sun Brewing Company Warms Up In Hawaii
Here’s another great addition to the beer scene in Hawaii. Midnight Sun Brewing will begin distributing to Hawaii this summer and the initial shipment is mind blowing. Along with most of the regular releases from the anchorage based brewery, we’re expecting to receive a ton of specialty releases and rare kegs. The full list … Continue reading
The Best of Maui Brewers Festival 2015
Craft Beer Week on Maui
It’s a big week if you live on Maui. Tons of great events lined up all leading up to the Maui Brewers Festival this Saturday, May 16th. Here’s a quick run down of the events this week. Continue reading
Hawaii Beer Blast #102: Your Weekly Craft Beer Update
1. Brew’d New Beers: Cantillon Iris (will be tapped Tuesday) Prairie Standard Hoppy Farmhouse (will be tapped Tuesday) Amager/Mikkeller Hr. Frederiksens Vaesel Brunch Imperial Oatmeal Stout with Coffee Ballast Point Victory at Sea Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin Nitro (will be tapped Tuesday) Evil Twin Yin Imperial Stout (will be tapped Tuesday) Evil Twin Yang IIPA (will be tapped … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles: New Books to Explore
I recently received advance copies of these two books to review so I thought I’d pass my thoughts along. I’ve never really been big on the review thing (at least not with beers), but I love books and had a few opinions on these ones that I wanted to share. A trend I’ve noticed over … Continue reading