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Gordon Biersch Brewing
(CraftWorks Restaurants and Breweries, Inc.)
(Closed)
1 Aloha Tower Drive
Suite 1123
Honolulu HI 96813
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Notes

Visited: January 14, 1996

Opened: 1994

Closed: 2020

Annual Production: 3,000 bbl

Contributors: Guy Drouin, Siegfried Binge

Pretty standard Gordon Biersch format, with fantastic island specialties from the kitchen. Nice big place, right by the passenger ship docks. A controlling interest in the company was sold to a Las Vegas casino in November 1995...the new team opened Barley's Casino and Brewing in Henderson NV in early 1996.

Updated: March 10, 2020

Beer List

    • Date: March 15, 1997 (#2035)
      Package: draught
      Place: Kona Brewers Festival, Kailua-Kona HI
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Golden hazy, good head. Fresh hop aroma. Sweet, fair amount of alcohol. Pretty clean finish.

    • Date: January 14, 1996 (#1246)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Red, good white head, some haze. Brown malt aroma. Thick, smooth. Good brown malt flavor. Clean finish.

  • Dortmunder/European-Style Export
    • Date: January 14, 1996 (#1244)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 17 points
      Overall Impression (3)
      Golden, brilliant. Low but OK carbonation. Grainy aroma. Smooth, malty, not quite as sweet as, say, Palo Alto's. St.Louis Blues vs. New York Rangers on ESPN...first hockey I've seen in months!

  • German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest
    • Date: January 14, 1996 (#1245)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 13½ points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Amber, very very low carbonation, big firm white head. Coffee nose?!? ...with some hops. Very slight coffee flavor. Thick. Bitter finish...clean enough.

  • Bohemian-Style Pilsener