Hanalei Island IPA
Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.54
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Hanalei Island IPA is an easy-drinking, sessionable beer that combines the hoppy aroma of an IPA with a tropical Hawaiian twist. Passionfruit, orange and guava balance the hops to deliver a coppery, session-style ale that reflects the flavors and spirit of the islands.
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3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle shared with JMD and JFE at Bjørnøy 06.09.21. Golden. Some white head. Aroma of perfume and toilet cleaner, with a gentle touch of fresh sewage. Taste of dried apricot, tropical fruit jam and wine gum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2021
at 17:22
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Mini-rbhd (trekkspilleren, eiendomsbaronen + undertegnede) på Bjørnøy sep-21: nå en 0,33 flaske fra Coop Extra. Klar gylden med kort skum. Paryme/såpe i aroma og iste med kunstig ferskensmak er noen av de mindre flatterende bemerkningene som svirrer rundt bordet. Merkelig ettersmak.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2021
at 17:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Pours orange gold, medium transparency, with fine white foam. Aroma is somehow orange, mandarin and tropical. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is medium bitter. Final is weak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2021
at 18:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear gold with white head. Mild pear and passionfruit, hint of berry, slight dry bitterness on the finish. Seems slightly unbalanced, but decent nonetheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2021
at 01:30
6/10
Tried
on 10 Apr 2021
at 15:57
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Backlog from 2019. Pours clear gold with a small white head. It smells wonderfully tropical with passion fruit and guava dominating the aroma. Flavor improves as it warms going from mostly hops bitterness to a moderately bitter, malty, tropical fruit heavy IPA that’s refreshing and delicious. It’s the best session IPA I’ve had. It probably helps that it was likely fresh and being in Hawaii at the time certainly didn’t hurt.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2021
at 05:58
6/10
Tried
on 18 Mar 2021
at 22:41
6/10
🖥️🎮 🔫 Der F. 😘
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2021
at 21:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from local Jumbo supermarket. Color: Clear golden, white head. Aroma: Floral, malty, where is the hop? Taste: Again floral, fruity notes of passion fruit, guava and a little bit orange. Pretty malty. Hoppy background, floral hop. Just under medium body, average carbonation. Mwah. Not much going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2021
at 16:20
4/10
Bottle given to me by my brother in law. Have to say a little pensive about the with Guava Flavoring on the label. What the heck does favoring mean? The beer fairly bland malt, green herbal, with a sturdy guava dominating. A grassy bitterness lingers. They wanted a guava beer, and brewing limitations be damned, they made one - by adding flavor. That's not the way. It's not great, not absolutely horrible either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2020
at 02:21