It’s hard for me to get into a hobby without diving head first. At some point in the last few years my casual interest in beer exploded into a passion – something I wanted to learn about, experience, and share. You start with “beer is beer,” but quickly learn how many styles and variations are…
Dark Crystal Märzen & This One’s For You Cassini – Honolulu Beerworks 9/20/2017
Dark Crystal Märzen Untappd Oktoberfest Badge Oktoberfest time is the most wonderful time of the beer year! There is nothing more delicious to me than a märzen, and it’s always special when local breweries get in on the fun! Oktoberfest formally kicked off this past weekend in Germany, so many places had their party. Luckily…
Ehu Ale – Aloha Beer Company
Instagram can be a great tool. Today I was going through the local breweries and saw the post from Aloha Beer Company about the re-release of their Ehu Ale. Ehu Ale was first brewed in 1996 by Dave Campbell at his Oahu Homebrew Supply store. From the brewery: “digging through old files, we found the…
Lanikai Brewing Company’s New Brewpub! – Kailua, HI
Just a few short years ago, Kailua got its first locally made beer in the form of Lanikai Brewing Company. Their beer is quality stuff and quickly made its way around the island, both on tap, and a few year-round bottle selections. Limited brews appear in both bottles and countless small batch varieties on tap…
Square Barrels – First and Only Untappd Local Badge on O’ahu
Collaboration over Competition – That’s the business mantra Square Barrels exudes in all they do. We went into try two new beers from Big Island Brewhaus, one of my favorite breweries in the islands and one that is typically hard to find on draft. I ended up learning a lot about Square Barrels thanks to…
Pali Pils – Honolulu Beerworks 9/2/2017
There is nothing better than a heaping lunch of subs, sandwiches, salads, all with a side of beer. As much as I love Honolulu Beerworks’ brews, their food is not something to be missed. The Italian hoagie, salmon salad sandwich, and countless food specials included baked mac & cheese, or braised pork, all hearken to…
Barrel Aged Pele’s Breath – Waikiki Brewing Company 8/25/2017
It’s been a pretty dry week for new brews in the Aloha State. I had been looking forward, however, to Waikiki Brewing Company‘s Barrel Aged Pele’s Breath, which released Friday night. It’s an imperial red ale brewed with house kiawe smoked malt and local chilis. It’s aged four months in Buffalo Trace / Manulele Distillers…
Village Bottle Shop & Tasting Room 1st Anniversary 8/12/2017
Saturday marked a quiet first anniversary for argueably the best place to buy and drink beer in Honolulu, Village Bottle Shop & Tasting Room in SALT at Kaka’ako. It’s sincerely hard to believe it’s only been a year, I feel like I’ve been coming here much longer. The staff here is second to none in…
Pālua DIPA and Mango Man Wheat 8/12/2017
Barely a week has gone by and I see Honolulu Beerworks is releasing some new beers. We had already planned an afternoon in Kaka’ako, so naturally we started at Beerworks. Coming in on a Saturday, it was busy and lively. The bartenders were friendly as always. At a loll in the beermongering, I asked for…
Beer Lab HI
As an obsessive beer collector, a new brew always gets me to come back. With that logic, I have to go back to Beer Lab HI often. Beer Lab believes in small batches, and as the name implies, experimentation. In business for over a year now, the group of friends that started it put it…