Bottle/Tap: Bottle
This is the second of three beers by Kona Brewing I happened to have picked up a few weeks ago. Since it was raining last week I thought: nothing says sunshine like Hawaii. Sure enough, I got plenty of sun from this bottle of joy.
Wailua is a limited release beer, and I have a feeling the release is over, which is a shame. I was drawn to it because it was from Hawaii and it is a wheat beer with passion fruit. I’ve tried blueberries, raspberries, apricots, watermelon, and pumpkin beers. Adding passion fruit to the list was as good an excuse as any to pick up a bottle.
This beer was a nice orange and amber color when I poured it in my glass. I was expecting something more copper; this looked kind of like a lager and smelled very interesting. It must have been the passion fruit because the aroma was very distinct and exciting. After I sampled some, I noticed that there was a slight bitter flavor and some zing. For any normal wheat beer I would drop in a lemon or orange wedge to get more flavor; this beer was packed with its own flavor.
I had this sitting in the fridge and let it come to room temperature over the course of a few minutes and found that it tasted pretty good lukewarm. I don’t often let wheat beers get too warm since they seem to lose some taste, so I did my best to drink this one a little faster. I will say that the passion fruit was the most prominent part of this beer, and I enjoyed it greatly. It wasn’t like eating a real piece of passion fruit, it was pretty close. Another Kona Company brew gets my approval.
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