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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a amber with a white head. Aroma is a very bready and malty smell. Not much of the hops comes through but still gets you interested. Flavor is some citrus hops with a nice mix of creamy malts. Not a hop bomb by an means but it gets a beer geek interested.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2007
at 20:42
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Light malty aroma with a hint of hop. Golden color with a slight copper tinge, and a substantial white head. A bit thin bodied. The start is light malt, a bit sweeter than some lagers, and there is enough bitter in the finish to make this a good experience.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2007
at 14:11
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Pours a transparent yellow with a small white head that is gone quickly. Nose of tropical fruit and wheat, fairly mild in intensity. Taste is a bland wheaty, watery, citrus flow. Not to thrilled about this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2007
at 09:50
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle pours a clear very pale yellow witha thin quick fizzy white head. After a moment it is gone and ther is no real lacing. Stale cereal and fruity apricot aroma. Pale light malts, a slight wheat and apricots and faint wheat notes. Dry somewhat chalky palate and a touch citrusy, leamon on the trailer. Pass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2007
at 21:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at Firewaters in Atlantic City. Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head that dissapears quickly. Spotty lacing. Lightly floral and grassy hops aroma. Light body with a mildly bitter hops flavor and an underlying malty sweetness. The finish is mildly bitter and lingering. Straightforward and overall an average Lager.
Tried
on 09 May 2007
at 16:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of citrus and tropical fruit - could be passion fruit. Light brassy color with a white head that doesn’t last. Full mouthfeel. Starts with fruit, gets a burst of malt, falls into wheat, and finishes with a mouthful of passion fruit. Almost a herbal finish. Then the approx. 15 IBU comes out. You could say the hop balances the fruit. Not sure where the malt went. Interesting and very refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2007
at 18:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
Pretty nice, although I’m starting to wonder to what degree I really like the coffee beers, despite the fact that I love coffee. Aroma is strong with fresh quality roasty cold coffee, a touch of nuttiness, flavor much the same. The finish has a weak coffee aftertaste. A touch on the thin side. Dark red-brown color, small head.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2007
at 17:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Ever so slightly hazy, pilsener golden with a white head. Sweetish, malty nose. Medium body with very sweet malts and some floral accents. Reminds me mostly of a good, German Helles. The finish is dry - yet with the sweetness still lingering underneath. 280307
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2007
at 06:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, warm amber golden with a small, off-white head. Lightly sweet, malty nose. Medium body, sweetish malty with some bon-bon-like flavours. Bitter, hoppy finish. 280307
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2007
at 05:57
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear amber coloured body with a light tan head. Aroma of fresh hops, a good malt backbone and some light citrus notes. Meidum-bodied; Strong taste of hops up front, fading quickly to a maltyness with very little else. Aftertaste shows some more character with a bunch of floral flavours running behind and a bit of a citric sweetness towards the end. Overall, a decent beer - well worth trying if you are in Hawaii, or if you can find this elsewhere. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from ABC stores in Honolulu, Hawaii on 26-February-2007.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2007
at 23:30