Tag Archives: hawaii beer news

When it rains it pours. Hawaii is about to get even more great beer from the Pacific Northwest via Craft Northwest Distributors. The relatively new distribution company has been bringing in high quality wines from Oregon and Washington for a little over a year and is now ready to provide Hawaii with a slew of great beers from the same stat ...

We went from only having a few Oregon based breweries available in Hawaii to a landslide in the past year. The latest, Occidental Brewing Company, is slated to start distributing to the islands in the next month. The Portland based brewery focuses primarily on German style lagers and European Ales. These guys don’t do IPAs. I’ ...

I’m pretty excited to finally be able to share the news that 12 Percent Imports has gained distribution in Hawaii via Underground Wine Merchants. 12 Percent has a robust portfolio of brands, but the heavy hitters that many will recognize are Evil Twin and Stillwater Artisanal Ales . You can expect to see the following beers at your ...

Lanikai Brewing Company is getting very close to brewing their first batch. Today, they announced the start of a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the build out of their tasting room. The $20,000 the campaign hopes to raise will be used to complete the on site tasting room that will include draft beers and a growler filling station. Lani ...

I’ll start off by saying this post isn’t about beer. Although my passion is beer I am always fascinated and intrigued by artisans who hand craft things, from furniture to spirits. I am also fiercely loyal to my hometown of the North Shore and when I learned about what Ken and Yumiko Hirata were crafting in a small building just dow ...

I can’t believe 2 years have gone by since starting Beer In Hawaii. The beer scene here has come a long way and I truly believe it’s only going to get better. I’m amazed and so pleased at how the site has been received and embraced. It’s been a ton of fun writing about the beer scene in Hawaii. I do this ...

It’s been a little over a year since startup brewery Stewbum & Stonewall burst onto the scene in Hawaii with a massively successful Kickstarter campaign. They raised a ton of money (for Kickstarter standards) and since then they’ve been relatively quiet. Brewery co-founder, Darren Garvey, spent months looking for a location in ...

The beer scene has exploded in Hawaii over the past couple of years. There are more beer bars, breweries and incredible beer choices than ever before. With all of the recent growth it’s amazing to think that Gordon Biersch at Aloha Tower has been brewing in Honolulu for 20 years. The waterfront restaurant pub opened long before the curre ...

My picks of beer news from around the web that you need to read and my two cents on the topics.  Most of the time it’s Hawaii beer news topics, but every once in a while you’ll find other general beer related topics. Boston Magazine - Fascinating article about Sam Adam’s founder Jim Koch and how the craft beer movem ...

It’s hard to believe that Kona Brewing Company is turning 21 this year. I was still in high school when they first started as a small brewpub in Kailua Kona. A lot has changed since then and to celebrate their 21st anniversary Kona Brewing Company is release four specialty beers called the Makana Series. Each beer will feature a loc ...