Keoki Gold

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

poured from a bottle to a clear golden color. since i'm in need of warm sunshine i've gone to some hawaiian brews. well there seems to be a theme at the islands...Honey! the aroma was sweet and malty. the taste was honey with a grassy background. I could drink a sixer of these watching waves crash on the beach. oh how I miss the warm sun!

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Thanks goes to my mom and dad for helping me destroy my liver. Bah. The pour filled the glass sides with and unbelieveable ammount of huge bubbles from top to bottom. No head was produced at all. After most of those had gone, the bubbs that made it to the top seemed to get stuck in some sort of weird oil slick - very strange indeed. What remained in the glass was a light gold beer that looked almost thick, I can't describe it. Fresh sweet floral hops and some honey was all that was present. But, the beer did not taste gross or anything like that - dusty mild/medium hops, some mystery fruit and what I thought was cinammon (can't be). Left a bit of an acric after taste that tried to hide, but that wasn't until it warmed up. Drink cold! Seems made for chugging.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

06.07.05 Bomber, hand delivered by my man A.J. My bottle says Keoki Gold and the website confirms this moniker. I just typed a long and thoughful review and then accidentally deleted it. This will be the condensed version. Pretty golden pour with rocky head of white fluff. Mostly clear. Aroma is fresh, honey, melon, uncut grass, some caramel candy. Anticipation of a refreshing quaff to come. Body is light but finishing oily, leading to the illusion of fullness. Flavor is mild, honey, skim milk, white toast, late hop grassiness. Lingering buttery feeling makes it less refreshing than I’d hoped, but I’m sure it would be much better if I was in Hawaii right now. Fun to try an Hawaiian brew--thanks, AJ, if you read this!

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

had this one at the hotel pool in kuaia. Slightly more than yellow color. Light on the body with a little bit of shall i say citrus zest in it. I drank it in hawaii dammit, that makes it cool no matter what.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

As far as I'm concerned, that's 2 -for-2 from this brewery, as far as putting out beers that work. And while this isn't as interesting as the Sunset, I had no qualms whatsoever putting this down on a warm and windy Waikiki evening.

Brilliant pale gold in appearence, with enough foam on top to matter. Decent lacing, too.

Oddly enough, this adjunct lager actually seems to have more of a hop aroma than it's fellow Hawaiian beers (ales especially) -- another Simcoe beer, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe this is more of a Pils than anything else?

But no, one sip, and this isn't quite right, as far being classified as a Pilsener. But even still, this was not bad at all, really. Light and quaffable, yes, but with enough going on in the mouthfeel and flavor to sit up and take notice. Kinda reminded me a better-made PBR, to be honest (and that's not taking anything away from either PBR or this particular beer).

Like I said earlier, this is yet another beer from this particular brewery that seems to know what they are doing. Just too bad that thier stuff is fairly rare, even in The Islands. But if you happen to see this, give it a try, eh?
//TB