tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post8582042769862953547..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Pacifically unspecificThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-1196003687990298262013-06-16T08:55:39.325+01:002013-06-16T08:55:39.325+01:00Puts away the popcorn....Puts away the popcorn....Reuben Gray - TaleOfAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948722985150698273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-76098566716347718992013-06-15T12:16:23.452+01:002013-06-15T12:16:23.452+01:00Heh. That's more "Italian style" tha...Heh. That's more "Italian style" than "pseudo-Italian". Neither are trying to associate their offer with a real business in another place. The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-40803438143820633072013-06-14T20:20:03.885+01:002013-06-14T20:20:03.885+01:00If you eat dinner at Dunne & Crezceni do you m...If you eat dinner at Dunne & Crezceni do you make sure to call it pseudo-Italian?<br /><br />If you're enjoying some curry at Diwali do you make sure to call it pseudo-Indian? Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511153898689217680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-13949277950432769572013-06-14T17:26:58.003+01:002013-06-14T17:26:58.003+01:00Heh heh. It's like one of those cartoon fights...Heh heh. It's like one of those cartoon fights of two characters in a ball of cloud, about to roll out of my blog into yours...The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-1653734011072061452013-06-14T17:24:01.289+01:002013-06-14T17:24:01.289+01:00You, sir, have provoked my ire--which is to say gi...You, sir, have provoked my ire--which is to say given me blog fodder. Which consequently provokes happiness. I'm a man of many moods.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-91868733586790512462013-06-14T16:52:04.936+01:002013-06-14T16:52:04.936+01:00No, other beer is produced in Hawaii. This beer wa...No, <i>other beer</i> is produced in Hawaii. This beer wasn't.<br /><br />That there is a Kona brewery in Hawaii that produces beer sold in Hawaii does not change the non-Hawaiian origin of the beers I drank. The Budweiser produced in Dublin is also produced in St Louis, but that doesn't make one's pint of it American beer; it makes it pseudo-American beer.<br /><br />I'm not looking down my nose at anything; I'm not depriving anyone of any rights; I'm just pointing out that these beers -- branded in a Hawaiian fashion -- are not Hawaiian.<br /><br />I'll have that juice now. Thanks.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-64618052152816405062013-06-14T16:39:52.421+01:002013-06-14T16:39:52.421+01:00They ARE produced in Hawaii. That's where the...They ARE produced in Hawaii. That's where the brewery is located. It's not branding. I have enjoyed a Wailua Wheat in one of the finest pubs on the world--and indoor-outdoor job where palm fronds serve as the ceiling. They've been brewing beer there nearly 20 years. You may look down your nose at a contract-brewing arrangement to distribute in the lower 48, which is your prerogative. But I don't think you have the juice to deprive the company of the rights to the grounds on which it rests.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-66662671342304491822013-06-13T20:21:36.814+01:002013-06-13T20:21:36.814+01:00If they're Hawaiian branded and not produced i...If they're Hawaiian branded and not produced in Hawaii then they're pseudo-Hawaiian.<br /><br />Next thing you'll be telling me Killian's Red is Irish.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-2669462874098631712013-06-13T20:09:03.843+01:002013-06-13T20:09:03.843+01:00I have to chafe somewhat at the phrase "pseud...I have to chafe somewhat at the phrase "pseudo-Hawaiian Kona range." Craft Brewers Alliance is actually an alliance--three separate breweries. Kona is an old stalwart on the Big Island, and all their recipes originate from there, by brewers there. Rather than sending bottles out to the middle of the Pacific to be filled and then sent back to the mainland, Kona's lower-48 production is handled in Portland. <br /><br />The Longboard is fine, and welcome when you're on the island, but Fire Rock is their weakest beer. The Koko Brown, Pipeline Porter, and Wailua Wheat (I think now restyled Wailua Ale) are their more interesting island beers. Pipeline is made with Kona coffee, and Wailua Wheat with passionfruit--a dead ringer for citrusy hops. Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-62398825687343709062013-06-13T16:50:33.250+01:002013-06-13T16:50:33.250+01:00Kona is not a brewery I care for. Fire rock is OK ...Kona is not a brewery I care for. Fire rock is OK when fresh in the US.<br />I have never been impressed.Reuben Gray - TaleOfAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948722985150698273noreply@blogger.com