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Kona Wailua Wheat

Kona Wailua Wheat

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Kona Brewing Company

Kailua Kona, Hawaii USA

bottled
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1732.82/5.02.82/5.0Special5.4%55.9 Flute P  Stats

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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 Strykzone (880), Wood River, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/102/510/20

Apr 22, 2008  
Thanks Daknole! Unfiltered honey gold body with a small short lasting white head. Nice carbonation. Hard to find aroma. Some fruit flavor is evident along with wheat and honey. Slightly acidic. A tart Lifesaver aftertaste. An interesting beer but not particularly a good one. My first from Hawaii.

 nearbeer (1101), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 25, 2008  
12 oz, packaged on May 30, 2008. Clear golden with a small lasting spit above. Aroma is light stale wheat and a hint of catspray. Flavor is stale wheat, cardboard, slight citronella oil, and an acidic fruit juice. Tastes like an under-ripe, bitterish grapefruit-lemon juice mix. Light body is smooth, sort of oily and astringently dry.


 pumpmaster (256), Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 25, 2008  
12 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Fort Lauderdale, FL for $1.99 Nothing special.


 DTM (329), Winters, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Bottle from Timfoolery. Poured a cloudy yellow with a white head that almost disappered instantly. Had a strange smell to it of grain and yeast. I know they were going for passion fruit, but all I tasted was a wierd fruit flavor. Good thing its a limited release and not much more of this will be made.


 BeerFanDan17 (331), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/102/53/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Guess you can’t do all varieties well. A skunky dissapointment in this wheat ale from Kona. Sampled at the St. Pete Florida Craft Beer Fest.


 sebletitje (147), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/511/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Golden witht hin white head. Aroma of wheat, lightly fruity. Taste is fizzy , wheat and light notes of passion fruit, citrus, givng the beer a nice sweet taste. Good, clean and refreshing. Not the best wheat out there, wish they had made the passion fruit a little more present.




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