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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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours clear golden color with white head. Aromas of citrus and tropical fruits. Flavors of bitter orange and some grass. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2019
at 02:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle bought at Liquor Shed, bottled January 19th, 2019. 22 ounces.
Good clear gold colour, an inch of foam, fairly slowly receding.
Pretty tropical fruity nose, mango, grapefruit citrus, somewhat grassy, little bit of a sweet malt presence.
The taste is good. Tropical fruit with grapefruit and grass but with a decent malt presence of caramel that is rare to find in a session IPA.
The body is on the thin side, as expected, but not what I consider watery.
Pretty good beer for tackling a hard to please style.
Good clear gold colour, an inch of foam, fairly slowly receding.
Pretty tropical fruity nose, mango, grapefruit citrus, somewhat grassy, little bit of a sweet malt presence.
The taste is good. Tropical fruit with grapefruit and grass but with a decent malt presence of caramel that is rare to find in a session IPA.
The body is on the thin side, as expected, but not what I consider watery.
Pretty good beer for tackling a hard to please style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2019
at 21:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Marte. Clear yellow golden color, average sized white head. Aroma is tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit. Flavor is moderately malty, tropical fruitiness again, citrus fruity light sharp bitterness. Decent body and carbonation. Alright. 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2019
at 21:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle from Angels Cut, Darlington. Golden colour, white foam head leaving alittle lacing and juicy apricot aroma. Taste is crystal malt, grains, biscuit with some fruity notes, orange, apricot and lingering bitterness. Light bodied, soft to medium carbonatioon, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2019
at 16:05
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2019
at 15:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home, 28/12/18. Golden pour with a decent off white cap. Nose is tangerine, melon, light floral tones, bready dough. Taste comprises gentle citric pith, peach, toasted malts, light grapefruit, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light juicy hop bitterness. Ok easy drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2018
at 09:24
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
0,355 l bottle. Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with minimal quickly dissipating white head. Minimal lacing. Aroma of passion fruit and mango, light citrus scent, refreshing. Malt base is hardly noticeable. Flavor follows aroma, with some lemon zest. Body is medium, slick mouthfeel and carbonation average. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter. Finish is quite long, refreshing fruitiness fades quite quickly while bitterness remains for a while. Refreshing and drinkable IPA, but not top notch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2018
at 11:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aroma of mango, passionfruit and pineapples. Taste is light and exquisitely fruity. Wide variety of tropical fruits and hops are noticeable. Palate contains hops and more fruit. Extremely drinkable, delicious beer.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 02:20
7/10
Full of taste. Interesting flavours from the added fruits. Bit off balance, quite alot of bitter hops, so maybe too bitter for the fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2018
at 21:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, decembe lacing. Aroma is pine, light fruit, orange. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2018
at 02:35