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I think it’s safe to say the 2015 Honolulu Brewers Festival was a huge success. It was incredible to see how big the craft beer community has grown here on Oahu, which was evident by the sheer number of people who showed up to enjoy 80 awesome beers, live music and super ono food. Now in it’s third year (new name this year), this fe ...

Waikiki Brewing Company officially opens tomorrow, March 24th, at 11am. They will be open daily from 11am to 11pm serving 8 house brewed beers. They are located directly next to (attached) Cheeseburger Waikiki at 1945 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815. Here are the beers you’ll find on tap tomorrow. Go down and show some support ...

It was a day of many firsts at Honolulu Beerworks. After over 100 batches brewed in a little over a year, Honolulu Beerworks welcomed its first guest brewers into the brewery to help create a unique and island inspired beer. Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales is a globe trotting brewer who has collaborated with many of the worlds ...

  Yes, you read that right. The well known and highly sought after sour beers from Oregon based Cascade Brewing Barrel House will soon be available in Hawaii. If you follow my Instagram, I dropped a subtle hint last week about this. This is a big get for Hawaii and will add to the already nice selection of sour and barrel aged beers a ...

They came, they drank and it looks like they all had a blast. The 20th annual Kona Brewers Festival was another huge success raising money for a ton of great organizations in Hawaii. I wasn’t able to attend this year, but I sent Maui photographer and beer lover Bryan Berkowitz to capture the entire event. Here are a few pictures he captur ...

Waikiki Brewing Company is getting very close to finally opening it’s doors and serving guests pints of beer. Their first two beers will debut at the Kona Brewers Festival on March 14th. A grand opening is being tentatively set for later this month. I got the chance to stop in while the crew was brewing up a batch of blonde ale and the br ...

Where are you originally from and how did you end up in Hawaii? I’m originally from Long Island, NY and came out to Hawai’i in 2005 to attend the University of Hawai’i Manoa. I also have a great respect and passion for the ocean and surfing, so it was a win-win situation. How did you first get into craft beer? Do you reme ...

Where are you originally from and how did you end up in Hawaii? I am originally from Gilbert Arizona, The house I grew up in is actually 3 miles away from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. I enlisted in the United States Army in 2001 and was stationed at Schofield Barracks after basic training. After completing my term I just couldn’t mak ...

If you were able to snag tickets for the 2015 Kona Brewers Festival consider yourself very lucky. Tickets sold out in a little less than 10 minutes online and the lines to purchase tickets at Kona Brewing’s pubs in Kona and Hawaii Kai were pretty long. The festival is Hawaii’s premiere beer event and loaded with great brewerie ...

Oahu’s premiere and only true beer festival has a new name and a new date, but it’s still going to be the same great festival. The Honolulu Brewers Festival, formally the Real Beer Festival, will take place on Saturday, April 18th, in Kaka’ako. This is the 3rd year of the festival put on by the great folks who own Real a Gastr ...