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Kona Wailua Wheat

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3362.77/5.02.77/5.0Special5.4%51.4Flute
Commercial Description:
Limited release. Swimming in a fresh water pool at the base of a cascading waterfall is what we all imagine we would find in paradise. On Maui, follow the old Hana Highway and you will find such a place – Wailua Falls. This plunging cascade of clear water is the inspiration for our Limited Release Wailua Wheat. This golden, sun colored ale has a bright, citrusy flavor that comes from the tropical passion fruit we brew into each batch. Sit back, relax and enjoy paradise anytime.

Editor's Note: Lilikoi Wheat was renamed to Wailua Wheat (both on draft and in bottle).

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 FROTHINGSLOSH (2015), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 10, 2009  
A gift from a friend coming in from out west. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a pale yellow-golden color with a small white head. The aroma was tangy passion fruit with a perfumey undertone. The flavor was dryish and tart with a fairly strong and distinct passion fruit element. The finish was tangy and fruity. Medium body. Odd but decent.


 rocbyter (919), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/511/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Wheat and dry tangy fruit in the aroma. Light cloudy color with a small white head. Light beginning getting sweeter in the middle and fading in the finish. Light palate.


 mrhoppy (214), Santa Clara, California, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/104/52/101/53/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Strange, I don’t like the aroma but the taste at first is good. Then as you drink it starts to get dank. Not to good.


 Fratto (728), Arlington, Texas, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Sep 17, 2009  
This beer literally smells like diarrhea. I’m not joking. I had to chug it in order to finish it off.


 Radek Kliber (3951), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Sep 8, 2009  
bottle 355 ml
Appearance: light haze on golden base, minimal light top 2-
Nose: dusty with feel of cardboard, slight fruity feel at finish.
Flavor/Palate : mid thin bodied. Lighter middle with harsh fruity feel, honey sweetness, grainy hints with touch of wheat. Rough aftertaste. What did they try to accomplish?


 Pwn3d (1076), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Bottled from mo’s and split with kmoonlegend in Lynn Massachusetts on a hot afternoon by the pool. Wildly refreshing, simple and tart wheat beer. Passon fruit notes are subtle but right on. Very tart, prickly, wheat ale. Compliant, unique and underrated.


 Wiseblood (658), Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Light gold, slightly cloudy, with small, creamy head. The aroma is grain and some fruity esters. The flavor is weak, balancing bitter-sour against fruit juice. Slightly sweet, sour. Odd flavor combination.


 JPDIPSO (4914), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/56/103/510/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Dark straw color with some tiny particles in suspension. After a show time, only a few tiny bubbles are left adrift atop the brew. My initial thought upon the first sip was dog pooh. I though perhaps I did not pick cleanly and wash my hands after the evening walk, but that is not the case. I sniff a bit deeper and find some wheat, citrus, and tropical fruit; albeit still in the pile of pooh. Sweet fruity flavors abound. A relief after the aroma, I was a bit worried about the whole; looks like, smells like, taste like thing. I was hoping I wasn’t stepping in it. Light wheat and passion fruit mix nicely. Quite dry in the finish and linger, make this a decent summer fruit brew to walk the dog with.



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