Kona Aloha Altbier
Kona Aloha Altbier
Rated 3.075 by BeerPals
Brewed by Kona Brewing Company
Kailua Kona, HI, United States
Style: Altbier
5.3% Alcohol by Volume
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Aloha Altbier Deep mahogany in color with an assertive hop flavor and aroma balanced by a robust roasted malt character, this beer looks darker than it tastes, finishing with a crisp, dry flavor. It was brewed as a traditional Dusseldorf-style altbier and fermented with an altbier yeast strain.
ID: 12818 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 19 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 40106 |
| Overall Percentile | 27.8 |
| Style Rank | 196 of 268 |
| Style Percentile | 26.9 |
| Lowest Score | 3.3 |
| Highest Score | 3.3 |
| Average Score | 3.300 |
| Weighted Score | 3.075 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7
When I was working in Hawaii recently, I took a day-trip to The Big Island, to see the sites, and stop into the Kona Brewing Company brewpub. It was there that I had a great afternoon, and where the bar-tender was making sure that I was given healthy samples of each and every beer they had on tap -- and several not even listed as being available on their "What's On Tap" list.... :) Sometimes it pays to be a homebrewer and a BA, eh...?
Got a sizable sample of their newest offering -- Aloha Altbier. And while I'm all for stretching one's wings a bit and attempting new styles, this wasn't quite up to snuff, IMHO.
After tasting this, I immediately wished it was a bit sharper and a bit more bitter. In other words, this seems to come across as more of a standard American Amber Ale, than any sort of a quasi-cold-conditioned German (Amber) Ale.
Granted, this is indeed a nicely drinkable Amber Ale -- but doesn't really win points in my mind as an Alt. That unto itself isn't a deal-breaker per se, but I think they could have done such a bigger/better job with this one. Too many better offerings on tap to really want to go for a pint of this, IMO.
//TB
