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 …
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 …
Lets brew a sour beer with tropical fruit. That’s how the lastest collaboration brew at Honolulu Beerworks got started. When Beerworks Geoff Seideman learned that Ben Edmunds of Portland’s Breakside Brewery was coming to Honolulu and wanted to do a collab brew he instantly thought sour. Seideman had good reason for wanted to brew his … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball Strong Ale Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout Deschutes EHOP Amber Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IPA Knee Deep Hoptologist DIPA Stillwater Existent Dark Farmhouse Breakside La Tormenta Dry-Hopped Sour Ale Events: BREW’d will be opening at 3pm (kitchen at 3:30) for the NCAA on Monday Jan. 11th with … Continue reading
Maui Brewing Company has filled it’s vacant Director of Brewery Operations position with the very talented Jesse Houck. The position was previously held by Darren Moser who left late last year to head up Iron Triangle in Los Angeles. Jesse comes to Maui from Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, where he helped craft some of … Continue reading
Wow, 2015 was a huge year for beer in Hawaii. Talk about an explosion. The beer scene in Hawaii has never been bigger and things are looking to get even better in 2016. A total of seven new breweries opened their doors in 2015. SEVEN!!!!, though one (Hoku) never really even got started. There was a time … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Blueberry Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Citrus Almanac Dogpatch Sour Ale Almanac Saison de Brettaville Almanac Ginger Gose Almanac IPA Almanac Barbary Coast Imperial Stout Almanac Saison Dolores 10 Barrel Brewing Joe IPA Breakside La Tormenta Dry Hopped Sour Ale Deschutes/Harpoon Brewery EHOP Amber Ale Events: Almanac Beer Company Draught … Continue reading
After many months, a lot of blood, sweat and tears, a few valuable lessons and of course a ton of money, Kohola Brewery has finally opened its doors to the public. In Hawaii, it’s tough to open any type of business, but the costs and demands of a brewery make even tougher. Like many home brewers, … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Ballast Point Victory at Peanut Butter Cup Ballast Point Peppermint Victory at Sea Ballast Point Coconut Victory at Sea Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA Ballast Point Fathom IPL Alpine Pure Hopiness Knee Deep Lupulin River 2. Real New Beers: Alpine Pure Hoppiness Coronado Stingray Mission Holiday Ale Kona Da Grind Buzz (Nitro) … Continue reading
1. Brew’d New Beers: Goose Island Winter Ale Goose Island IPA Goose Island Sofie Goose Island Honkers Ballast Point Victory at Sea – Peanut Butter Peppermint Victory at Sea Toasted Coconut Victory at Sea Events: Goose Island Tap Attack featuring limited vertical flights of 2013, 2014 & 2015 Bourbon County Brand Stout – Wednesday December … Continue reading
Home of The Brave Brewing Company got it’s start several years ago contract brewing with Maui Brewing Company. They initially launched on Oahu delivering kegs of their Pilot Pale Ale to various bars and restaurants. Soon they expanded to 6 packs that were contract brewed out of Wisconsin. But for owner Glen Tomlinson, the goal … Continue reading
I’m super happy to finally be able to post this. Almanac Beer Company has picked up distribution in Hawaii via Underground Wine Merchants. The San Francisco based brewery is well known in California for their excellent sour beers and their commitment to working with local farms to incorporate their produce into those beers. In recent … Continue reading
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