Remember that Poha Berry Ale I made back in January of 2014? It was quite an amazing beer made with poha berries from the Big Island. So it’s no surprise to me that in a collaboration between Honolulu Beerworks & Stillwater Artisinal, they’ve decided to also use poha berries from the Big Island. Sadly, this article was from March and the likeliness that they still have this amazing sounding beer available is zero. It would have been awesome to try this unique beer. The collaboration started a few weeks prior with emails and phone calls back and forth between Seideman and Strumke as they tried to figure out what type of beer they would brew and what ingredients would be needed. Seideman and Campbell came up with the idea of using poha berries from the Big Island in the beer. From there they decided that a dark saison would be a great base for the slightly tart and acidic berries to be blended with. This is the first dark saison...
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It’s amazing how fast a year can go when you are trying to make beer every other weekend. It’s been 11 months since I started my race to make 100 gallons of beer. Amazingly, I’ve made a whopping 90 gallons so far. When I tell people about my goal this year, the first thing they ask me is “what do you do with all that beer? Do you drink it all”? Despite my love for beer, I have definitely not drank 90 gallons of beer. That would be ridiculous. 15 gallons of that beer are still in my closet. The rest of it has been shared amongst family and friends. As for the 15 gallons in my closet and the 10 yet to be made, I will continue to share. As long as there is some left for me to celebrate my 100 gallon batch and to use as payment to those willing to help me with the renovations on our new house. Ahh yes, this will be a good...
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I’ve been to a few brewpubs over time and have ordered beer samplers. Recently, it’s become a sort of trendy thing to order these samplers under the guise of a beer flight. The idea of a beer flight is very simple and has increased in popularity along with the increase in availability of different beer styles . This idea, of course is to sample several different beer varieties. Whether your reason is to widen your beer knowledge, find a favorite beer, broaden a narrowly focused viewpoint, hone your beer tasting skills, or just want variety, getting a beer flight is a great and cost effective way to do that. My most recent experience was at the fairly new brewpub, Honolulu Beerworks. This place has some great atmosphere, but lousy metered street parking. The tables are set with pads of papers containing 6 slots to write your choice of beers for your flight. They keep about 10 beers on tap to choose from. We tried all but the IPA’s. I’ve never been a big IPA...
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