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About the Brewery


https://www.alohabeer.com/


FOUNDERS

Steve Sombrero

Dave Campbell (Brewmaster)
ABOUT ALOHA BEER CO 

According to their website
​"Aloha Beer Company is proud to announce their new brewery and Tap Room at 700 Queen Street. Kaka’ako was once home to Hawaii’s booming beer business from 1900 to the late 1960s and Aloha Beer’s new production facility and Tap Room is located a stone’s throw from the Historic Honolulu Brewing and Malting Company Building at 553 Queen Street and blocks away from the former site of Primo’s Cooke Street Brewery. The opening means the return of the production of Aloha Beer to Oahu and an opportunity to establish a new future for the brewery.

Local businessman Steve Sombrero and noted brewer Dave Campbell are spearheading the efforts at Aloha Beer’s new brewery and Tap Room. Born and raised in Hawaii, Campbell is a respected pioneer of craft brewing in the islands. He became involved with Aloha Beer Company while serving as Brewmaster at Big Aloha Brewing at Sam Choy’s Breakfast, Lunch & Crab. In addition, he has been a consultant on many craft beer projects on Oahu and beyond throughout his 20+ year career. Campbell will serve as Director of Brewery Operations at Queen Street and Kaiao Archer will be on the brew deck. Archer brings over thirteen years of craft brewery experience to the production of Aloha Beers."

Beer Lineup
Info from the brewery

BLONDE
BLONDE ALE

ABV: 4.8%
IBU: 20
 
STRAW COLORED WITH A LIGHT, CRISP MALT BACKBONE AND A DELICATE HOP FINISH. INFINITELY REFRESHING.
 
JEFE-WEIZEN
BAVARIAN HEFE-WEIZEN

ABV: 5.7%  
IBU: 12
 
A TRADITIONAL BAVARIAN HEFE-WEIZEN BREWED WITH BLUE AGAVE SYRUP AND GARNISHED WITH A LIME. HINTS OF BANANAS AND CLOVES PERMEATE THIS ALE, AND THE FINISH PICKS UP A MILD SPICE NOTE FROM THE AGAVE.


QUEEN ST PILS

PILSNER
 
ABV: 5.2%  
IBU: 30
 
LIGHT AND GOLDEN WITH BRILLIANT CLARITY, THIS THIRST QUENCHING AND REFRESHING GERMAN STYLE LAGER HAS A VELVETY, BREADY MALT COMPONENT THAT fiNISHES WITH A CRISP HERBAL SPICINESS.
 
 
WAIMANALO FARMHOUSE ALE
FARMHOUSE ALE
 
5.4% ABV 24 IBU
 
INSPIRED BY THE CLASSIC FARMHOUSE STYLES OF SOUTHERN BELGIUM, OURS IS EASY DRINKING, REFRESHING, AND WELL SUITED TO WARM CLIMATES. IT POURS GOLDEN-ORANGE, FINISHES DRY, AND FEATURES AN INTERPLAY OF FRUIT AND SPICE IN THE FLAVOR AND AROMA.


SAME SAME PALE

AMERICAN PALE ALE
​

5.7% ABV 38 IBU
 
OUR VERSION OF A CLASSIC AMERICAN PALE ALE FEATURES CASCADE AS THE SAME HOP FROM START TO FINISH, GIVING IT MODERATE BITTERNESS AND DEEP CITRUSY FLORAL NOTES. HONEY COLORED, MEDIUM BODIED AND VERY QUAFFABLE, THIS STYLE IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

​

GIMME BLACK PILS
​
 GERMAN BLACK LAGER

ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 28


"
THIS INCREDIBLY EASY-DRINKING GERMAN BLACK LAGER IS ACTUALLY DARK BROWN WITH DEEP RUBY HIGHLIGHTS. IT’S MELLOW ROASTINESS IS BALANCED BY SMOOTH MALT flAVORS OF BISCUIT AND MILD CARAMEL.​"

​


HOP LEI IPA
WEST COAST STYLE IPA ​

ABV: 6.4%
IBU: 70
​
WEST COAST STYLE IPA WHOSE PALE, SUBDUED MALT BASE PROVIDES THE PERFECT CRISP AND DRY VEHICLE FOR HOPS THROUGHOUT. AMPLE BITTERNESS AND DANK NOTES INTERPLAY WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF BIG CITRUS, AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL FRUIT AROMATICS.


​
MANINI IPA
SESSION IPA

​ABV: 4.6%
IBU: 39

AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THIS IS A SMALL, OR SESSIONABLE, IPA THAT IS STRAW-COLORED, LIGHTER BODIED AND LIBERALLY HOPPED WITH LIBERTY, CITRA, MOSAIC AND NELSON SAUVIN.

​
​RED ZEPPELIN
IPA

ABV: 6.8%  
IBU: 62
 
BIG, RED-HUED, AND OLD SCHOOL. WE FIRST BREWED A VARIATION OF THIS ONE OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO WHEN IPA’S INCLUDED A LARGE CARAMEL MALT PRESENCE AND A SMOOTH BALANCE BETWEEN MALT AND HOPS. LIBERAL ADDITIONS OF CENTENNIAL HOPS PROVIDE SOLID BITTERNESS AND PRONOUNCED CITRUS, PINE, AND FLORAL AROMATICS.
 
 
PORTLOCK PORTER
PORTER

ABV: 5.8%
IBU: 27
 
DARK, ROBUST, AND FULL FLAVORED WHILE REMAINING VERY APPROACHABLE AND EASY DRINKING. LAYERS OF COFFEE AND BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE NOTES LEAD TO A LONG LINGERING ROASTY FINISH.
 

 
MANINI
IPA
4.6% ABV 39 IBU
 
AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THIS IS A SMALL, OR SESSIONABLE, IPA THAT IS STRAW-COLORED, LIGHTER BODIED AND LIBERALLY HOPPED WITH LIBERTY, CITRA, MOSAIC AND NELSON SAUVIN.
 
 
FROOT LUPES
IPA
7.8% ABV 40 IBU
 
WE RAIDED OUR STASH OF HOPS SEEKING THOSE WITH THE FRUITIEST LUPULIN GLANDS-LUPES, AND SET OUT TO BUILD A BIG JUICY IPA WITH RESTRAINED BITTERNESS, AND A PRONOUNCED TROPICAL FRUITINESS IN THE FLAVOR AND AROMA. THIS ONE IS DECEPTIVELY STRONG FOR HOW EASY IT GOES DOWN.
 
 
MISANTHROPE
AMERICAN IMPERIAL STOUT

9.9% ABV 75 IBU
 
BIG, DARK, BITTER AMERICAN IMPERIAL STOUT
 

Brewery Location and Contact Information

Address
700 Queen St, Honolulu, HI 96813

​
Hours of Operation
  • Monday-Thursday 4p–11p
  • Friday-Saturday 4p–11p

​
Phone Number
(808) 544-1605




​Social Media​
  • https://www.facebook.com/AlohaBeerCo/
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