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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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Napoli Stories, Küttigen. Pours a clear golden colour with very little head. Aroma is light hops, citrus, pine. Light body. Flavour is light malt, crystal malt, light pine, herbal hops. Just fine, a good alternative to a lager as it's refreshing and not too complicated.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2021 at 18:05

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 9/9/21. Clear gold. large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of pineeapple and bready malt. Taste is sweet pineapple, pale malt. Simple. juicy. Nice.
Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2021 at 23:47

3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 2.5
Bottle shared with JMD and JFE at Bjørnøy 06.09.21. Golden. Some white head. Aroma of perfume and toilet cleaner, with a gentle touch of fresh sewage. Taste of dried apricot, tropical fruit jam and wine gum.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2021 at 17:22

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Mini-rbhd (trekkspilleren, eiendomsbaronen + undertegnede) på Bjørnøy sep-21: nå en 0,33 flaske fra Coop Extra. Klar gylden med kort skum. Paryme/såpe i aroma og iste med kunstig ferskensmak er noen av de mindre flatterende bemerkningene som svirrer rundt bordet. Merkelig ettersmak.
Tried on 06 Sep 2021 at 17:22

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Foamy white head left a rocky cover on an unclear golden coloured body. Nectarine & bubble gum aroma. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated with a smoother clean back. Bubble gum, nectarine, soapy & sweet citrus tastes with a limp finish. Standard stuff.
Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 19:10

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Foamy white head stayed on a well carbonated pale golden coloured body. Malt, soap & cereal aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & lightly carbonated on the back. Malt, biscuit, grain & fruity tastes. Standard
Tried on 29 Aug 2021 at 16:49

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
355ml can. Minimally milky, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish fruity, slightly bitter hoppy and minimally grainy, malty aroma, hints of pineapple, a touch of lemon. Taste is dry hoppy, minimally tart-ish fruity, hints of pineapple, some bitter hop, subtle sweetness; lingering, bitter hoppy finish. Watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft, mildly prickly carbonation. Minimally artificial fruitiness, crisp bitterness - OK.
Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2021 at 15:19

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
355ml bottle [as Kona Light]. Clear, orangey, golden colour with small, frothy, fading, white head. Minimally strawy, pale malty and fruity, hoppy aroma, whiffs of mango. Taste is dry, pale malty, slightly citrusy and tropical fruity hoppy, a touch of lemon and mango; mineral finish. Watery texture, dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Light, anaemic, rather expressionless - so-so.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2021 at 17:31

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2021 at 13:34

Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2021 at 11:32