E-Malt.com News article: USA, CA: Island Brewing Company releases Avocado Honey Ale

Island Brewing Company’s Avocado Honey Ale is one of its most sought after offerings, Santa Barbara Independent reported on September, 30.

Island Brewing Company prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the California Avocado Festival. “Last year over 100,000 converged on our two-stoplight beach town, and this year should be more,” says owner and brewer Paul Wright. “We’ve been going strong here to stock up on our Avocado Honey Ale, brewing and bottling extra shifts to make sure we don’t run out this year.”

“It shows up and before you know it, we’re down to the last couple of cases. It literally flies off the shelf every year.”

The Avocado Honey Ale is an amber ale with 60 lbs of avocado blossom honey added to the boil in the brewing process. “No Avocados were harmed while brewing this beer – it’s something we say about a hundred times a day to the people that come through our tasting room – it’s the honey that the bees collect which is then added to the boil for a subtle sweetness to the finish.”

In anticipation of the record crowd, this year the brewery brewed the most Avocado Honey Ale in its 11-year history, four 15.5 barrel batches or 1,900 gallons from which they will bottle 2,800 bottles.


04 October, 2012