Kona Longboard Lager

Poured pale golden yellow, malty, grainy, little citrus, little hops, crisp finish.

12 oz. bottle, trade with Daknole, Contract-brewed for the Mainland at Redhook’s Portsmouth, NH brewery. Bottled 7/7/09. Straight-up pale gold lager pour with a thin, fizzy head. A bit of haze in the thicker part of the glass. Some oxidation in the headspace that’s still in the glass, gives way to a bit of a stale beer smell. Taste is nice, though; a fizzy body that carries in some bitter hoppiness. Note of lemongrass. At least the malts give it a nice full mouthfeel. Hops become a bit more peppery toward the end. Decent.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice crisp pale yellow, no cloudiness, with a thin white head. Grains, hops in the nose. Taste is the same, but more subdued. Crisp, clean tasting beer with a light body, but nothing very distinctive about it.

Bottle. Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma was grainy and malty with some light hops. Flavor was clean & crisp with light malts, grains, and had a hint of orange.

on draft @ pelham east, tried it cause it was different, stupid, i know. not bad, middle of the road lager with no real distinctive flavor or taste, could be drinking a budweiser and i wouldnt know it.

I recently tried this beer on a trip to the APS/JPS conference on Kona. This is a decent lager. Not much head of course, but offering a little bit of hops and bitterness in the flavor. I find it interesting to try a Hawaiian beer, but it’s not quite enough to win me over coming from California...

Honeymoon : Maui Served with a Hamburger "Hawaiian Style" Thousand Island on top, Mayo on the bottom. Just wouldn’t be the same drinking it on the mainland.

ྫྷoz bottle, bottled 5/27/09) Small white head atop clear apple juice body. Aroma is moderately sweet, honey, some spicy, bread, strawberry. Taste is medium sweet, biscuit/bread, orange, light spicy. Light body, somewhat watery, light crispness.