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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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4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Assume a 2005 bottle, from Liquor Mart, consumed on 10/13/2005. Clear, copper-gold-yellow. Some bubbles. One finger white head seems well retained initially. Smells of a typical pale lager: vanilla, creamed corn. Some metallic notes as well. Bits of graininess intersparsed with grass. Some cat urine. Flavor is strikingly similar to white grape juice at first. Some grass, parsley, more white grape juice. Not a poor body to it, just dosent taste right. Retro pale grains. Mouthfeel is ok, not overcarbonated. Reminds me of bottled Russian pale lagers. Just too much cat piss and sweetness reminiscent of white grapes. Nice copper sheen shows that there is more than just pale/pils malt in here. Hops are skunked badly. Not my idea of the type of beer that should be exported. I feel bad scoring it low, as I bet this would be really good fresh on draught and I know this hasnt travelled well. But it’s the brewer’s choice to export this thing all the way from Hawaii to Colorado, so I feel justified in holding them to it.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2005 at 10:57

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with a thin white head. Mineral aroma with some noble hops. Clean malty flavor with some earthy mineralness. Easy drinking and thirst quenching.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2005 at 22:39

6.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
[At GABF 2004] A pitch black beer with a lasting beutiful brown head. The aroma is very lighlty roasted - I’m a bit disappointed in the lightness of the aroma. The flavor is sweet with hints of coffee, and a nice roasted end. The mouthfeel is very smooth.
Tried on 12 Jun 2005 at 03:04

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
[At GABF 2004] A hazy orange beer with a small disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy, but with some alcohol making it self present. The flavor is a lovely hoppy and grassy one, though with hints of alcohol.
Tried on 12 Jun 2005 at 02:54

4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle Pours a very light clear pale yelow, witha small white head that quickly dissapates leaving very slight lacing evidence. Aroma is a somewhat sweet fruity, light grain and yeast. Flavor is a standard pale lager with a little more character. Overall it is a bit bitter and the uninteresting flavor leaves off with a fizzy woody trailer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2004 at 16:50

3.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 4
Well, mine wasn’t cloudy or hazy.Light malt nose with bitter dirty line flavor that hides anything else
Tried on 29 Apr 2004 at 19:29

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. This is a good balanced beer. Dark amber with a thin white head. Malts back up the citrus hops. There's a slight grassy flavor, and a little creaminess to it. Nice and drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 18 Mar 2004 at 14:50

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap at festival:Light floral nose.Medium bodied with a decent hop finish....
Tried from Draft on 05 Jan 2003 at 12:41

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
GABF 2002: Definite chocolatey presence in aroma and flavor. Dark brown color. A certain flavor not unlike eating snow is present in the finish: weird.
Tried on 07 Oct 2002 at 11:52

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 7
GABF 2002: Light amber color. Strong resiny hop aroma. Very resiny piney flavor. Little malt.
Tried on 07 Oct 2002 at 07:48