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...
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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...
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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...
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While cleaning up the kitchen this past weekend, Holly pulled a bundle of sealed plastic baggies out of the back of the baking cupboard. “Oh! By the way, I saved these for you”, she says. I opened the bundle and practically cried. It was a bag full of whole vanilla beans leftover from the honey vanilla doppelbock I made in Hana. I knew right away what I would use them for. My mind immediately started formulating a recipe...
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Big news!! I’m at the halfway point. I’ve brewed 10 batches of beer so far. Thats a whopping 500 bottles of beer. There have been a lot of “aha” moments and a lot of learning. I’ve tried some new ingredients, techniques, and beer styles. Unfortunately, not all have been complete successes as far as end result, but I’ve not made any undrinkable beer either. Not to mention, the things I’ve had...
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I’ve received my first written beer review. An esteemed colleague at Kapi’olani Community College writes about my coconut porter. Nice job Michael! Thanks for sharing your delicious craft. Cool. I made a good beer. ...
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