 dkachur (723), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Apr 30, 2008 Updated: Jun 30, 2008
Bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop in Durham. Pours a straw yellow with a quickly dissipating head. Bitter, nutty, fruity aroma. Same in the taste... bitter fruit. Thick and syrupy texture. I might be glad I tried this one first out of my three Konas to get it out of the way.
nbutler11 (108), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Pours like pineapple juice with a pillowy white head. Plenty of passion fruit on the nose the escalates in the flavor. Strange, yet refreshing--almost like a beer smoothie.
fiver29 (276), Strongsville, Ohio, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle pours golden with a white head. Has a fruity aroma with a malt wheat presence. Mouthfeel is medium light with a lot of carbonation. Taste is upfront wheat and finishes with passion fruit flavors. Overall this isn’t too bad of a beer, but it isn’t that great either. This is just average to below average.
tarheels86 (18), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle from Publix in Jacksonville, FL
Pours with a small white head that diminishes quickly. Initial taste is unremarkable and more like a lager than an ale. The wheat taste is overpowered by an enormous passion fruit explosion that lingers on to create a fruity, somewhat unpleasant aftertaste. Not sure what to say...definitely not my favorite of the Kona limited editions. If I was blindfolded while drinking this for the first time, I might think it was Miller or Bud Light with fruit juice added. I think there is potential in making a fruity Hawaiian beer that doesn’t fail miserably. Check out some of the Mehana brews from the Big Island and you’ll be impressed.
Mes_and_Sim (4176), London, Greater London, England
Aug 17, 2008 A Mes rate: Bottle at GBBF.
Pale golden with a decent white head. Fizzy wheaty stuff with a full on hit of mixed tropical fruit juice. Interesting and enjoyable but not a big scorer.
Kinz (1894), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Tap at the New Town Green Leafe. Hazy light gold, slight head fades fast, surprising in a wheat beer. Aroma is simple and grainy. Flavor is also simple wheat accented grain with some vague fruity sweetness. I had initially attributed this to an odd fermentation temperature in my head, but apparently this was from the passion fruit. Never would have guessed that. OK, but that is about it.
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