Kona Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Craft Brew Alliance
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1994

Contact
74-5612 Pawai Pl, Kailua-Kona, HI, 96740, United States
Description
Aloha. That’s how most conversations begin here. It’s also how many of them end. But “Aloha” doesn’t just mean hello and goodbye and love and welcome. It means more than a word can express. It’s a feeling. A way of life. “Aloha” is the idea that we are all connected to everyone and everything around us and that true joy is found in respecting this connection. And it’s in this aloha spirit that the Kona Brewing Company was founded back in 1994 by Cameron Healy and his son Spoon Khalsa. They combined their love of Hawaii and its pristine, natural beauty with their fondness for delicious, local brews, and lucky for us, their dream lives on more than 20 years later.

So try a few of them. And join us in our pursuit of aloha.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Kona Brewing - Hawaii Kai, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out bready malt, bitter citrus peel, and a touch of pine. Flavour is very old school, with grapefruit rind, citrus hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Plenty of grapefruit peel and a nice crisp finish. Pleasantly constructed old school IPA.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2023 at 22:33

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Kona Brewing - Hawaii Kai, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small beige bead. Aroma brings out slightly sweet dark fruits, some brown sugar, and bready malt. Flavour is malty and gently sweet, with dark fruits, bready malt, and dry toasted caramel. Pleasantly constructed, nice malts, but a bit too sweet. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2023 at 22:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Kona Brewing - Hawaii Kai, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out citrus hops, stone fruits, some pine, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is crisp and fruity, with citrusy hops, some tropical fruitiness a little pine, and crisp biscuity malt. Crisp, fruity, bitter and citrusy finish. Good.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2023 at 22:27

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft @ SK Oceans, Osaka. Clear gold with a good white head. Aroma of lemons. Taste of lemons, malts and some mild grapefruits. Moderate bitterness. Medium carbonation. I’m usually not too keen on Blonde Ales but this one manages to be highly drinkable without being too bland. Would make for a great summer/beach beer I reckon.
Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2023 at 14:49

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle at Applebee's: yeah you read that right. I had a bottle of this mediocre blonde at Applebee's. The beer was about as unmemorable as the tasteless chicken wonton tacos I had.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2023 at 00:02

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Tried on 26 Oct 2023 at 21:33

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Draft at Tap99. Pours clear yellow with a white head. Light malt, grass, floral notes.
Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2023 at 05:21

6.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, pine, hint of dishwater. Flavor is dry, light plus bitter. Light body. 5,6,6,4,12
Tried from Draft on 03 Oct 2023 at 04:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours clear dark golden with a small off-white head, good lacing. Grapefruit, herbal, pine resin, zesty. Good, solid IPA.
Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2023 at 03:00

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours clear golden with a small white head, light lacing. Lavender, grains of paradise, citrus zest. Tasty
Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2023 at 02:35