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Kona Brewing
(Craft Brewers Alliance)
Bar/Tasting RoomRestaurant
75-5629 Kuakini Highway
Kailua-Kona HI 96740
Telephone: +1 808-334-1133
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-11:00pm.
Brewer: Paul Bergeman
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Notes

Opened: 1995

Annual Production: 5,800 bbl

Contributors: Chris DeVasier, Christopher DeVasier, Ralph Wells

Wendy Tucciarone passes along the details of the brewpub they built after I left Hawaii:

On tap at Kona Brewing Company guests will find nearly a dozen flavorful ales and lagers. The beers are served up alongside gourmet pizzas, salads, sandwiches and pupus inside the high-ceilinged bar or outdoors on the lush lanai. The pub boasts an extensive retail area with plenty of souvenirs to take back home, and brewery tours are available daily. Kona Brewing Company is Hawaii's largest brewery.

Kona Brewing also has a restaurant and pub in Honolulu at Koko Marina, 7192 Kalaniana'ole Highway.

Updated: November 28, 2012

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Beer List

  • Black Sand Porter
    Awards:
    • Date: September 30, 2004 (#5438)
      Package: draught
      Score: 16 points
      Appearance (3)
      Reasonably black. Nice thick head.
      Aroma (3)
      Grassy, roasty.
      Mouthfeel (8)
      Medium body. Really roasty. Big green hop flavor and bitterness. Nice roasty finish.
      Overall Impression (2)
  • Fire Rock Pale Ale
    Awards:
    • Bronze Medal, 2007 Australian International Beer Awards
    • Date: April 15, 2004 (#5337)
      Package: draught
      Place: San Diego Brewing, San Diego CA
      Score: 16 points
      Overall Impression
      Bright amber. Thick head. Mild fruity hop aroma. Medium fairly fizzy body. Sweet caramel malt start to finish, with a mild fruity hop flavor and bitterness. Clean sweet finish.
    • Date: August 6, 1996 (#1546)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Kamuela Liquor Store, Kamuela HI
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression
      Golden-amber, hazy, low carbonation, good head. Aroma similar to Pacific Golden (19-1545) but more intense. Good body, maybe even too thick. Bitter finish, but cloying aftertaste. Again, inconsistent...although Really Good bottles seem hard to find.
    • Date: January 13, 1996 (#1243)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Sure Save, Kamuela HI
      Score: 14½ points
      Overall Impression
      Too big head. Amber, fizzy. Spicy fresh hop nose! Caramel and bitter, good hop flavor. Caramel malt finish. Overcarbonated.
    • Date: July 27, 1995 (#1105)
      Package: draught
      Place: Hooter's, Honolulu HI
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression
      Red-amber hazy. Big white head. Thick caramel and bitter hop nose. Thick caramel flavor, some bitterness in middle, finishes sweet.
  • Lilikoi Wheat Ale
    Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer
    • Date: March 15, 1997 (#2037)
      Package: draught
      Place: Kona Brewers Festival, Kailua-Kona HI
      Score: 12 points
      Overall Impression
      Yellow opaque, no head. Wheat aroma. Tart-fruity Hi-C.
    • Date: April 6, 1996 (#1344)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Bamboo Restaurant, Hawi HI
      Score: 11 points
      Overall Impression
      Yellow, slight haze, OK head. Smells like fruit punch. Some fruit flavor, but it smells a lot stronger than it tastes. (Note: Lilikoi is the Hawaiian word for passion fruit.)
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    Longboard Island Lager
    Münchner-Style Helles
    Awards:
    • Date: November 13, 2008 (#7542)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR
      Score: 16 points
      Appearance (3)
      Yellow, some haze. Low head.
      Aroma (3)
      Sweet. Mildly grainy, mildly fruity.
      Mouthfeel (8)
      Light body, fairly fizzy. Really sweet and fruity, with quite a bit of sulfur. Low bitterness. Sweet finish.
      Overall Impression (2)
  • Oceanic Organic
    French-Belgian Style Saison
  • Pacific Golden Ale
    American-Style Pale Ale
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    Pipeline Porter
    Coffee Flavored Beer
    Awards:
  • Stout
    Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout