Kona Brewing Company Wailua Wheat

Wailua Wheat

 

Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Special
Score
5.50
ABV: 5.4% IBU: 15 Ticks: 86
Limited release. Swimming in a fresh water pool at the base of a cascading waterfall is what we all imagine we would find in paradise.
On Maui, follow the old Hana Highway and you will find such a place – Wailua Falls. This plunging cascade of clear water is the inspiration for our Limited Release Wailua Wheat. This golden, sun colored ale has a bright, citrusy flavor that comes from the tropical passion fruit we brew into each batch. Sit back, relax and enjoy paradise anytime.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
@CBC-12oz bottle-pours a white head and yellow color. Aroma is tart light fruit, light malt. Taste is tart light fruit, wheat/light malt, slight hops. Easy.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2010 at 07:28

4.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Pours a clear, golden color white a nice white head that lingers and leaves a collar. Passion fruit dominates both the aroma and taste, and the wheat is not very pronounced.
Tried on 11 May 2010 at 22:14

5.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
12 oz bottle into flute. Strong aroma of passion fruit, citrus drink powder. Pours golden with a fast disappearing head, no lace. Taste is sweet and sour with no bitterness. Carbonation is medium. Kind of watery. Body is light to medium. Decent fruit beer. Unusual choice of fruit, which is admirable, yet obviously makes sense given that this is a Hawaiian brew. I’ve had better, though.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2010 at 16:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Jens C.G. Pours clear golden with small bubbles on top. Nose is sweet of sugar, corn and fruit. Sweet fruity flavor of wheat and berries. Medium bodied. Ok
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2009 at 09:13

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
25th June 2008. Really not that fruity and also a little watery. A real let down this - was hoping for somethiing with more flavour than this.
Tried on 14 Nov 2009 at 09:21

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
A gift from a friend coming in from out west. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a pale yellow-golden color with a small white head. The aroma was tangy passion fruit with a perfumey undertone. The flavor was dryish and tart with a fairly strong and distinct passion fruit element. The finish was tangy and fruity. Medium body. Odd but decent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2009 at 06:40

1.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
The aroma is DMS, green olive, and something distinctly vegetal that I can’t quite place. Shimmering golden, no head. The aroma I couldn’t identify is artichoke, as its taste is unmistakable. Cabbage aftertaste. Really worse than I feared. Poor ingredients AND poor QC, a rare and dangerous combination. I should rate it even lower.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2009 at 21:39

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy amber beer with a thin off-white head. Wheat and passion fruit aroma. Wheat, light fruit flavor with light graininess. Medium-light bodied. Wheat and light passion fruit linger.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2009 at 14:22

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cloudy pale yellow with a lasting white head. Juicy aroma of passion fruit. Dry and tart with obvious passion fruit flavour
Tried on 29 Jul 2009 at 14:55

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of straw and citrus and just a hint wheat. The flavor is sweet with wheaty notes combined with yeast and fruits - peaches and oranges, leading to a dry wheaty finish. A bit weird fruitiness, but thirst quenching.
Tried from Draft on 16 Jul 2009 at 16:11