Here’s a great event that supports Hawaii’s Craft Brewers Guild and nets you 5 gallons of wort to ferment at home. Lanikai Brewing Company is hosting the very first Ohana Brew on Sunday, March 20th, to help raise funds for the guild. I’m sure you’re asking yourself what the heck is an “Ohana Brew” and what … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hawaii Beer Events
2016 Kona Brewers Festival Adds Second Session
Due to the incredible demand for tickets over the past couple of years the Kona Brewers Festival has added a second session for 2016. The past couple of years tickets to the festival sold out in a matter of hours, leaving a lot of people out in the cold. The 2016 Kona Brewers Festival will take place … Continue reading
Zwanze Day 2015 in Honolulu
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
The Best of The Great Waikiki Beer Festival 2015
Special thanks to Robert Nakama for taking all of these amazing pictures. Continue reading
Kona Brewing Company Releases Kai Golden Ale with Maui Concert Featuring The Green
Kona Brewing threw a huge party on Maui this past weekend to celebrate the release of Kai Golden Ale, part of the Makana Series marking their 21st anniversary. Each beer in the Makana Series is brewed with a unique local ingredient and the brewers sourced the water for this brew from 3,000 feet below the Kona … Continue reading
The Great Waikiki Beer Festival – Event Details & Beer List
The Hilton Hawaiian Village is hosting a weekend long beer celebration from August 28th though August 30th. The weekend kicks off with a brewers dinner featuring locally sourced dishes along with locally brewed beers. Many of Hawaii’s brewers will be in attendance to talk about their beers and the brewing process. The festival gets started … Continue reading
Why Zwanze Day in Honolulu Is So Significant
Zwanze Day or as I like to call it International Sour Beer Craze Day is coming back to Honolulu in 2015. It’s the day that Brasserie Cantillon, the most sought after wild/sour/funky beer maker in the world, releases a special beer to only 56 bars around the world. People go crazy for Cantillon on any average … Continue reading
Join Hawaii’s First Beer Club
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
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