Hawaiian Craft Beer — Kona Brewing & Beyond

Origin

Hawaiian

Description

Hawaiian craft beer led by Kona Brewing Company (Big Wave Golden Ale, Longboard Island Lager) and followed by Maui Brewing (Bikini Blonde, CoCoNut PorTeR), Lanikai Brewing, Beer Lab, and others. Hawaiian craft brewers use local ingredients: Kona coffee stout, lilikoi sour, coconut porter, macadamia nut brown ale. The Hawaiian craft beer scene connects to the broader “local everything” movement.

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V · Quality Hierarchy

Maui Brewing CoCoNut PorTeR: coconut flavour in a dark porter. Hawaiian ingredient, European beer style.

VI · Sensory Tests

visual: varies. Aroma: varies; Hawaiian additions (coconut, coffee, fruit). Texture: varies. Taste: the Hawaiian twist on craft beer.

VII · Where the dish lives or dies

The Hawaiian ingredient must enhance, not mask. A coconut porter should taste like a good porter that happens to have coconut, not coconut water with…

Pillars V — VII

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