Kona Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Craft Brew Alliance
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1994
Contact
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.
So try a few of them. And join us in our pursuit of aloha.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Ginger and malt aroma. Amber color with moderate head. Light ginger and barley malt flavor. Nice light beer with an excellent ginger flavor and only a mild burn in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Creamy nut and caramel malt aroma. Medium brown color with a thin film of a head. Sweet creamy macadamia nut malt flavor with a light hops finish. Nice beer but very light.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Sweet apricot aroma with hint of pine hops. Amber color with moderate head. Sweet apricot/apple and moderate pine hops flavor. Nice IPA on the fruity side.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Dark chocolate malt and ash aroma. Dark brown color with thin, long lasting tan head. Strong mocha malt and ash flavor with moderate hops finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Sweet banana/orange and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy yellow-amber color with small head. Banana/orange and wheat malt flavor. Very well made - a very good Hefe.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Sweet orange-lemon barley malt aroma. Light yellow color with small head. Light orange and barley malt flavor with a mild hops finish. A very nice blonde ale - great for a hot day.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2008
at 01:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Strong passion fruit, orange and wheat malt aroma. Hazy yellow-brown with minimal head. Passion fruit/pineapple and wheat malt flavor. Nice light beer for the beach.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2008
at 18:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft from Northern Virginia BrewFest. Pours a very dark black color with a deep tan head. Aroma is pure coffee. Flavor is, well, coffee with notes of chocolate. Not as roasty as some coffee beers can be, but this is apparently a porter and not a stout, that could explain it. Quite wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2008
at 01:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Strong coffee and dark chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown color - tons of bubbles clinging to side of glass. Thick dark chocolate and coffee malt flavor - light kiss of hops in the finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2008
at 21:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a light black, with beige head. Aroma is malty, with lots of coffee and roastiness, some hoppy notes. Taste, light coffee / espresso just all over, from start to finish, malty, roastiness. Some grains barley/ wheat, with light hoppy presence, leaves for a nice mouthfeel and finish. Medium/low carbonation, has the signature malt / hops used in other Kona beers. An excellent porter, one of my top Kona beers. Leaves a long lasting coffee flavor in the mouth that is very pelasing.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2008
at 17:07