Big Island Brewhaus

Microbrewery in Kamuela, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Big Island Brewhaus

Established in 2011

Contact
64-1066 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kamuela, HI, 96743, United States
Description
Hawaii's Highest Brewery, Fresh local handcrafted and award winning food and beer. Contemporary American, Southwestern, and Pacific Rim fusion. Outdoor beer garden, beer togo. Live music Thursday & Friday.

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Draft at the source. Crystal clear golden color white head solid lacing. Very fruity aroma. Taste is nicely balanced bittersweet stonefruit.
Tried from Draft on 13 Nov 2017 at 00:19

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Draft at the source. This seemed to be the most popular beer at the bar when I visited. Bright gold. Fruity citrus aroma. Taste is bittersweet stonefruit. Highly drinkable
Tried from Draft on 13 Nov 2017 at 00:15

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Bottle from Wine Garden on Kauai. Cloudy golden color scant head. Aroma of tannins and white wine. Taste is tannic boozy stonefruit. Tasty. And tannic.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2017 at 19:38

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Draft at Street Burger. Clear pale yellow color. Dusty earthy aroma. Taste is earthy overripe lemon
Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2017 at 12:02

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Draft at Brew'd. Dark brown color, solid beige head. Dark chocolate aroma. Taste is chocolate liqueur starts sweet then earthy finish. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2017 at 12:17

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Nice copper coloured body with a bright orange and bronze glow, all with a thick, five centimetre tall tan head on top. Aroma of grass and very resinous hops with a good deal of bitterness and some herbal and perfumey characteristics near the end. Medium-bodied; Proper balance of malt which is noticeable at first with some resinous and very grassy hops moving through and ending on more of a piney bite with the bitterness coming at the end. Aftertaste is smooth but bitter with hops, more hops and nothing but the hops - a good malt backbone, but no sugars or earth or anything too offsetting from the hops. Overall, a pretty good beer with a noticeable hop bite and a good malt balance throughout, just not enough room for any other complex flavours - this is solely about the hops. Nice to sample and if you like hops, worth room in your suitcase given there generally aren't too many local Hawaiian beers that you can bring home from the islands. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Safeway in Kapahului, O'ahu, Hawaii on 28-December-2016 for US$10,49 sampled at home in Washington across half the Pacific and the whole of the USA on 30-September-2017 after running a half marathon training for the USMC Marathon.
Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2017 at 15:26

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Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine lingers.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2017 at 23:48

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Bottle. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Malt and grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with sweet caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine lingers with tropical fruit and caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2017 at 23:42

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Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Summer fruit aroma. Summer fruit and honey flavor with yeast. Medium bodied. Summer fruit and honey lingers with yeast and light spice.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2017 at 23:05

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On tap at Man in the Moon. Dark amber with a small head. Sweet with dried fruit, caramel, light coffee and malt. The body was full.
Tried from Draft on 19 Jan 2017 at 13:01