Quick update from Maui. Wailea gastropub, The Pint & Cork, is celebrating their 1 year anniversary today. There will be drink and beer specials all day along with 15% off all food, all day long. Plus they’ll be tapping a special cask of Maui Brewing Mango Hefeweizen with Lychee. Head bartender Ryan Kobel was recently … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tiny Bubbles
Uinta Brewing Lands In Hawaii
Hawaii continues to be an expansion point for many of the nation’s largest craft breweries. The latest to make the leap over to Hawaii is Salt Lake City’s Uinta Brewing Company, which gained distribution to the state through Underground Wine Merchants and is available this week both on draft and in bottles and cans. Uinta … Continue reading
Maui Craft Tours Offers a New Way To Experience Maui’s Artisanal Scene
There’s a new way to experience Maui’s homegrown and local craft scene with the launch of Maui Craft Tours. The brand new guided tour company, started by husband and wife team Carrie and David Adelmann along with Ryan Gross, offers a number of tour options to get a one of a kind look at Maui’s … Continue reading
2017 Certified Cicerone Exam on Oahu
It looks like we’ll finally get a Certified Cicerone exam on Oahu. The exam is now officially scheduled for Saturday, September 30th, 2017. The exam is will take place at the offices of Southern Wine and Spirits of Hawaii and is currently open for registration. https://www.cicerone.org/us-en/certified-cicerone-exam-schedule For those who have been wanting to take this … Continue reading
Firestone Walker Coming To Hawaii in 2017
Yes, you read the headline correctly. One of my favorite breweries, Firestone Walker, is finally coming to Hawaii in early 2017. Firestone is one of the few big players in the craft industry on the West Coast that is not distributed in Hawaii, but that will all change next year. Details of the launch are … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles: Hawaii Beer Reads for 09/06/16
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. PBN – Waikiki Brewing Company has released their first beer in cans, Hana Hou … Continue reading
New Arrivals From Underground Wine Merchants
Lots of new beers just landed from Underground Wine Merchants. Be on the look out for these. Some are very limited. Evil Twin – Even More Jesus Imperial Stout, Imperial Biscotti Break Imperial Stout with coffee, vanilla and almonds, Imperial Doughnut Break, Wet Dream Brown Ale with Coffee and Geyser Gose collab with Two Roads … Continue reading
Zwanze Day Is Back at Real With a Framboise
Zwanze Day, the annual celebration of sour beers is back again this October 1st, at Real a Gastropub in Honolulu. This year Brasserie Cantillon is releasing a Framboise that is comprised of 82% raspberries, 18% blueberries and .05% vanilla. This may be the most unique and flavor-pack Zwanze beer they’ve ever released. For those who’ve been … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles: Hawaii Beer Reads for 08/06/16
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. The Street – Hawaii’s brewing scene may be small compared to some other states … Continue reading
A Few New Beer Releases to Look Out For
Haven’t done one of these in a while. Here’s a short list of some new beers that are here now and/or will be coming in soon (dates given are only estimates…shit happens so don’t hold me to them). This isn’t a comprehensive list of all the new beers and I’ll try to get another post … Continue reading