Hawaii Organic Beer

Hawaii’s first and only certified organic beer makes its debut. Kona Brewing Company’s Oceanic Organic Saison will begin appearing in 22-ounce bottles. The organic beer is a Belgian style ale that was brewed with all organic malt, fermented with a custom blend of Belgian yeast strains and spiced with an abundance of organic hops, organic coriander and grains of paradise. The straw-colored unfiltered beer has a crisp, dry, quenching flavor and distinctive spicy aroma balanced by a rustic hop flavor. The Hawaiian fish hook (makau) on the label symbolizes power, prosperity and good fortune.

Kona Brewing Company received certification to brew the organic beer from Hawaii Organic Farmers Association. Organic beer ingredients can be challenging to find and get to Hawaii, not to mention much more expensive. Brewing this organic beer is roughly six times more expensive than most of Kona Brewing Company’s more conventional beers, which are already approximately 50 percent more expensive to brew in Hawaii. Nonetheless, it has become one of their most popular pub beers. “Beyond the taste, our fans really love the fact that it’s organic!”

Kona Brewing Company was started in the spring of 1994 by a father and son team that had a dream to create fresh, local island brews made with spirit, passion, and quality. It is a Hawaii-born and Hawaii-based craft brewery that prides itself on brewing the freshest beer of exceptional quality, closest to market. This helps to minimize its carbon footprint by reducing shipping of raw materials, finished beer, and wasteful packaging materials. The company is headquartered where it began, in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island.