E-Malt.com News article: USA, HI: Wailua Wheat by Kona Brewing to be available on the eastern shores of the mainland till September

Kona Brewing Company once again brings a taste of paradise to craft beer drinkers from Hawaii to the eastern shores of the mainland with Wailua Wheat, available now through September, 2012, vannuysnewspress.com reported on May, 29.

Now in its fifth year of production, Wailua Wheat is brewed with real passion fruit puree as the key tropical ingredient in this Aloha Series craft beer.

Named after Maui’s Wailua Falls, Wailua Wheat won the gold medal in the Fruit Beer category at last year’s US Open Beer Championships, as well as at Best of the Northwest/Pacific US Beer Tasting Championships in both 2004 and 2002.

“Wailua Wheat’s light flavor has won over fans across the mainland who enjoy a good light summer brew,” said Kona president Mattson Davis. “The passion fruit really brings home the taste of Hawaii that first hooks visitors to our island pubs where we serve it on draught year-round.”

Wailua Wheat can be found in stores and on draught by using Kona Brewing’s online beerfinder.

Kona Brewing Company was started in the spring of 1994 by father and son team Cameron Healy and Spoon Khalsa, who had a dream to create fresh, local island brews made with spirit, passion and quality. The brewery is headquartered where it began, in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island. It has grown into Hawaii’s largest brewery, has three restaurant sites in Hawaii and beer distribution reaching 31 states and Japan. It is the 13th largest craft brewery in the country.


01 June, 2012