I’m excited to announce that I wrote a city profile for BeerAdvocate Magazine, titled “How to Drink Your Way Around Honolulu!” Look for it in Spring 2018 issue #132, on newsstands and shipping to subscribers now! The hardest part was limiting the featured locations due to space or not fitting on the map area; it’s…
BJCP Exam Classes – Free Beer Judging Seminars
For anyone that’s been stopping by the blog the last few months, there hasn’t been much activity here. Chock it up to being busy; sometimes I just feel like there aren’t huge happenings to talk about. New brewery openings are few and far between (but there are some exciting ones coming soon). In this exciting…
The Hawaiian Craft Brewers Guild & Tap Takeover Event!
For any fan of locally produced beer, it’s important to know how difficult an industry it is. Craft brewers are constantly competing with large entrenched macro breweries, many of which own controlling shares in distributors, which makes it hard or impossible to find shelf space at retail or access to quality ingredients. To combat the…
Stone SALT Pub Crawl & POW! WOW! Hawaii 2018
For anyone who frequents or just visits the area, it’s easy to see that Kaka’ako is flat hot land perfect for warehouses. Decades ago it was salt reclamation land, hence the moniker of the SALT complex. These drab warehouses dominate the architecture of the area, so something had to be done. Instead of boring concrete…
Hawaii Beer & Breweries Map
I’ve been toying with the idea of an interactive map of beer & breweries in the Aloha State for a long time. Every one I can find online is ridiculously out of date or not helpful. I hope this can serve as a guide for locals to hit those places they didn’t know about, or…
New Brewery Opening – Paisley Meadery
After a hiatus due to the busy holiday season, it seemed like the perfect time to ring in the new year with a new post, and about a new brewery opening no less! 2017 was an exciting time for beer in Hawai’i, with the openings of Inu Island Ales on O’ahu and Ola Brew on…
1st Annual Oahu Homebrewing Festival & Competition
HIP Fermenters homebrewing club with assistance from Homebrew in Paradise hosted the first Oahu Homebrewing Festival and competition the first weekend of November 2017. The main draw was the beer judging competition, which was open to all homebrewers in the state. Drop off days were organized in the weeks leading up to the festival, with…
A Weekend on Mau’i
Mau’i was my last principal Hawaiian island to visit and it far surpassed expectations. The island has so many distinct geographic areas: hot arid scrub land, fields of sugarcane, mountains, jungles, and Haleakala volcano that feels like you’re above the world. Not to mention the gorgeous beaches and views of other islands. While the main…
Oktoberfest! – Hale Koa Hotel
My favorite time of the beer year is autumn. Festbiers and pumpkin beers I find most delicious; maybe it’s the lead up to Halloween or the aroma and spices, I’m never sure. In the past few years, formal Oktoberfest celebrations have really exploded in Hawai’i. It seems like almost every brewery and bar does their…
HOPS Homebrewers Kaka’ako Pub Crawl
Hawai’i never ceases to amaze. With a relatively small population and isolated geography, you can literally find a club or group for any interest. O’ahu has a few homebrewing clubs. I personally don’t have the space to brew at home, but it seemed like a great way to meet like-minded people and learn more about…