A lot can happen in two years. For Downtown’s Square Barrels, it’s transformed from a burger and craft beer joint to one of the biggest supporters of locally brewed craft beer and now even brewing their own beer. On Tuesday, April 11th, Square Barrels will be celebrating their two year anniversary with the release of a brand new … Continue reading
It’s amazing how quickly a year can fly by when you’re brewing beer. It seems just like yesterday I was standing in an empty room with the crew from Beer Lab HI as they were starting to work on the space what would soon become their brewery. Now a year and 53 batches of beer … Continue reading
ALOHA BEER COMPANY ESTABLISHES ROOTS IN HAWAI’I’S HISTORIC BREWERY DISTRICT Honolulu, Hawai’i, November 11, 2016 – Aloha Beer Company is proud to announce their new brewery and Tap Room at 700 Queen Street. Kaka’ako was once home to Hawai’i’s booming beer business from 1900 to the late 1960s and Aloha Beer’s new production facility and … Continue reading
This month, Maui Brewing Co. delivers two “new” beers, both of which have been fan favorites in prior years. Offered for a limited time only in markets where Maui Brewing Co. craft beer can be found, you’ll want to get them while you can! Blood Orange Lorenzini DIPA Back by popular demand, Maui Brewing Company … Continue reading
We’ve got it all in Hawaii. Great weather, amazing beaches and awesome locally crafted beer. We even have yearly access to fresh wet hop beers. It’s rather remarkable that in a few years time, we’ve gone from very little locally made beer to having our local breweries source freshly picked hops and have them sent … Continue reading
The team over at Kona Brewing have been busy whipping up some pretty unique beers that feature some pretty fun locally sourced ingredients. Over the past year, they’ve actively worked with local farmers to harvest ingredients to create some playful and delicious pub only beers. The brewers actually get out onto the farms to help … Continue reading
Earlier this week a small group of media gathered in the vast and soon to be restaurant space at Maui Brewing Company in Kihei to await a special announcement. Owner Garrett Marrero stood at the front of the group with a cold can of Mana Wheat and opened a Power Point slide presentation with a quote from … Continue reading
It just got a whole lot easier to get your hands on beers from Stewbum & Stonewall Brewing. The tiny nano-brewery, which opened its doors late last year, has just opened a small tasting room where you can get growler fills and samples of all of their beers. Due to the brewery’s very small output, … Continue reading
March is shaping up to be a busy month over at the Kona Brewing Pub on the Big Island. Along with the annual Kona Brewers Festival this weekend, the team from Craft Brewers Alliance (KBC’s parent company) will break ground on its new 100,000-barrel Big Island brewery and canning facility on Friday, March 11. To celebrate … Continue reading
I met Andrew Brunson back in December when I visited Kohola Brewery on Maui. Brunson had recently moved to the islands to take up the brewer job at Kohola. It was a huge leap of faith for the Kentucky native. New brewery, thousands of miles away from home and a culturally different place. But Andrew … Continue reading
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