Your Summer Beer: Kolsch

It’s officially summer and in my books that means it’s time for kolsch. Although we can enjoy this wonderful light and refreshing style year round in Hawaii, I tend to crave a kolsch most when it’s hot and humid. Lucky for us, it seems that the kolsch style is the new it beer with dozens of breweries putting out their own version of the classic German ale. American brewers love to put their own twists on classic styles and with the kolsch it tends to be the use of bright and citrusy American hops.

Here’s a list of a bunch of great kolsch style beers available in Hawaii this summer. You can pick up a copy of the Star Advertiser today for more insight on the style and a quick review of Maui Brewing Company’s Kihei Kolsch (pictured above). This is an amazing locally brewed kolsch style that will be my go to beer for the rest of the summer.

Ballast Point Pale Ale – A kolsch is a pale beer and you’ll commonly find American versions labeled as a pale, like Ballast Point’s Pale Ale. Brewed

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