Wailua Wheat
Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
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5.50
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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.
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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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop in Durham. Pours a straw yellow with a quickly dissipating head. Bitter, nutty, fruity aroma. Same in the taste... bitter fruit. Thick and syrupy texture. I might be glad I tried this one first out of my three Konas to get it out of the way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2008
at 17:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Wheat-golden, clear beer with small white rim. Aromatic, simple esters and an aroma as from bamboo shoots. Citric, light fruity, like passion fruit. Sweet-ish. Refreshing, light body, some wheatslickness. Nice interpretation. This beer is probably perfect under the Hawaian sun, watching the surfers at the beach...
Tried
on 22 Apr 2008
at 15:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours with a rocky, white head with a slightly yellow body. Aroma is of wheat and passionfruit. Taste is pretty bittere. There is not nearly enough passionfruit in the taste.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2008
at 00:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a hazy yellow with a foamy white head. Aroma is sweet grain and a fruityness. Flavor is a bit fruity and some wheat but not much else. Like most have said, not terrible but othing great either. Also kinda pricy at $7.50 a six pack.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2007
at 18:50
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Pours a transparent yellow with a small white head that is gone quickly. Nose of tropical fruit and wheat, fairly mild in intensity. Taste is a bland wheaty, watery, citrus flow. Not to thrilled about this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2007
at 09:50
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle pours a clear very pale yellow witha thin quick fizzy white head. After a moment it is gone and ther is no real lacing. Stale cereal and fruity apricot aroma. Pale light malts, a slight wheat and apricots and faint wheat notes. Dry somewhat chalky palate and a touch citrusy, leamon on the trailer. Pass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2007
at 21:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of citrus and tropical fruit - could be passion fruit. Light brassy color with a white head that doesn’t last. Full mouthfeel. Starts with fruit, gets a burst of malt, falls into wheat, and finishes with a mouthful of passion fruit. Almost a herbal finish. Then the approx. 15 IBU comes out. You could say the hop balances the fruit. Not sure where the malt went. Interesting and very refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2007
at 18:19