Hawaii Beverage Guide

03/22/2024

New Shochu!

New Release for Spring, 2024!
Aloha!
New batch is ready!
NamiHana #22 The Big Island Blend
BANZAI Strength Hawaiian Citrus
Haleiwa Rainbow shochu gin
For orders and inquiries: HISHOCHU.com

06/15/2023

We're excited to announce that Southern Glazer's has expanded its distribution agreement with Trinchero Family Estates (TFE), the world’s second-largest family-owned winery. With the agreement, now represents TFE in 17 markets. Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/463f9a7. !

06/14/2023

Click here for an update from Homebrew In Paradise!

01/13/2023

Paradise Ciders is hiring for their new location in Mililani!

WE’RE HIRING! 📢
• manager
• bartender
• cocktail server
• barback
• host

Check out indeed.com or send those resumes to [email protected] to join our team!

01/07/2023

If you have not seen December's digital issue yet, learn more about non-alcoholic wine and Spirits featuring FRE Wines and Hand on Heart distributed by Republic National Distributing Company of Hawaii. (Subsription required) https://www.hawaiibevguide.com/digital-edition.html

12/17/2022

To understand the influence of kilning and roasting on malted barley, he's an epic literature summary. Find out more in an upcoming issue:

Specialty malts comprise a promising field for innovative approaches concerning their potential in terms of color, aroma, and taste influence on the composition of beer and other beverages. Neverthel...

12/07/2022

The 2023 Pantone Color of the Year is Viva Magenta (18-1750) and the Firmenich flavor of the year is: Dragon Fruit.

Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, is excited to announce its 2023 Flavor of the Year, dragon fruit, celebrating consumers’ desire for exciting new ingredients and bold, adventurous flavor creation.

11/08/2022

Yesterday, Julie Reiner introduced Hawaii to Copalli Rum. The brand’s lineup of agricole style (fresh pressed sugar cane) rums includes an unaged rum made using both pot and column stills and then is blended in to make a lighter flavor, a 11 month ex-bourbon cask aged rum, and a cacao infused rum which is then redistilled. The product is distributed by . There was also a mini-discussion of Drink Masters on .

10/13/2022

We're working on non-ethanol flavor solvents. Here's a great webinar by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States (FEMA)

Led by experts from FEMA’s diverse membership, “An Introduction to Flavor Creation for the Non-Flavorist” offers an introduction to the world of flavor creation for those seeking a better understanding of how flavors are developed. The workshop covers a variety of topics, including: Flavor Ind...

10/06/2022

The aroma of cherries is partially due to benzaldehyde. However the synthesis pathway has not been elucidated until recently. Here's what was found:
Huang, XQ., Li, R., Fu, J. et al. A peroxisomal heterodimeric enzyme is involved in benzaldehyde synthesis in plants. Nat Commun 13, 1352 (2022).

Benzaldehyde is a simple aromatic aldehyde that attracts pollinators, has antifungal properties and contributes to flavor in many plants. Here the authors show that benzaldehyde is synthesized in petunia via the benzoic acid β-oxidative pathway by a peroxisomal heterodimeric enzyme consisting of α...

09/25/2022

There many flavor wheels, each using a different methodology of construction. The Specialty Coffee Association developed a coffee aroma wheel in collaboration with University of California, Davis using the most modern scientific approach to its development. Here's how:

The original Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel was developed by the Specialty Coffee Assn. of America over 20 y ago, and needed an innovative revision. This study used a novel application of traditional s...

09/22/2022

Images from A Whiskey Affair presented by Jim Beam on 9/11/2022 Photos by Tracy Chan

09/13/2022

Makers 46 uses a secondary 9 month maturation using high heat-short time period “searing” of French oak staves (Quercus petraea) from the vosges forest.

08/19/2022

While doing research for our upcoming issue on Wine Aroma Compounds we found Dr Carien Coetzee's "blog" with tremendous insight into winemaking with an emphasis on Sauvignon Blanc production. We highly recommend reading through it!
https://www.basicwine.co.za/copy-of-publications

Her work can also be found on the website of Sauvignon Blanc South Africa https://sauvignonblanc.com/

Sauvignon Blanc SA fosters excellence in making and marketing South African Sauvignon Blanc, locally and internationally.. FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top10

07/27/2022

Pint and Jigger is hiring!

We are getting set to open our doors! So excited to share our new space with everyone. We are hiring Servers, Bussers and Hosts. Both AM and PM shifts available. Please email [email protected] for an application and we will get interviews set up with the appropriate manager.

Super excited to put together the Pint 2 point o team! If you are passionate about amazing food, craft cocktails, whiskey, hospitality, craft beer and working in a great environment with the best team, then this might be the job for you! If this isn't you, maybe you know someone who would be a great addition to our team, please send them our way.

Once we are staffed up we will be announcing our official opening date! Looking forward to sharing the good news with you 🥃

05/31/2022

Reminder. RSVP for Lyre’s non-alcoholic spirits cocktail hour by tomorrow.

05/08/2022

For Mother’s Day mimosas, check out the Sparkling Wine article from the December 2021 Issue on our website. For our version we’re using a 2019 Calvet Crémant from Cote de Bordeaux.

04/14/2022

How does vessel material and shape impact impact wine fermentation? Here's a study by Dr. Mariona Gil i Cortiella et al that scientifically provides some answers.
Gil i Cortiella M, Ubeda C, Covarrubias JI, Laurie VF, Peña-Neira Á. Chemical and Physical Implications of the Use of Alternative Vessels to Oak Barrels during the Production of White Wines. Molecules. 2021; 26(3):554. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030554

Recently, the use of alternative vessels to oak barrels during winemaking has become increasingly popular, but little is known about their impact on the chemical composition of the resulting wines. To address this issue, a Sauvignon Blanc wine was elaborated from the same grape juice by using cylind...

04/08/2022

New batch of Shochu from Hawaiian Shochu Company!!!

New Batch is Ready!
NamiHana #18 Mokuleia Blend ($43.75, 750ml, 30% alc./vol.) and Banzai Strength Plantation Edition ($46.75, 375ml, 41.5% alc./vol.) will become available tomorrow. Order or Inquiry: [email protected] OR [email protected]
ARIGATO and Big MAHALO for your support! Happy ALOHA Friday!

03/24/2022

If you're interested in Whiskey and Moonshine, here's a great talk going on right now about by Dr. Jarrad Gollihue of the University of Kentucky and Pat Heist of Wilderness Trail Distillery! Here's the event description: When did we begin producing moonshine? How is it regulated? What is the cultural importance of perhaps the most famous mountain alcohol?

https://vimeo.com/event/1928687

This is "UK Lafayette Seminar" by Studio46 Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

02/08/2022

If anyone is interested in the origins of citrus, here's a great genetic study we found: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25447

The origin, evolution and domestication of Citrus and the genealogy of the most important wild and cultivated citrus varieties.

12/31/2021

Just in time for the New Year, here’s our complete comprehensive guide to sparkling wine and the ultimate buying guide for any level wine aficionado! Check out the link in the bio to learn more about sparkling wines and how to pick the perfect bottle(s) to bring in 2022! Happy New Year from Hawai’i Beverage Guide and please remember to drink responsible! #2022

12/22/2021

Hibiki and Hoshigaki (dried persimmons with a GI) for tonight’s Hawai’i Beverage Guide into . Learn more in the January issue.

12/05/2021

Hawai’i Beverage Guide Brand Spotlight: Tequila Comisario () a multiple award winning rich community production driven wine barrel aged tequila brand looking to reinvent how consumers taste and view tequila. Click on the link in our bio to learn more about and their mission to elevate your taste!

10/17/2021

As we work on on some barrel aging insight into Beer Wine and Spirits for the November Issue, here's a gem of an article from James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits at the University of Kentucky
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jib.660

Oak barrels serve two purposes in the production of distilled spirits: storage containers and reaction vessels. It is the latter function which bestows barrel aged spirits with their unique and highl...

09/15/2021

TODAY Cherry Company is hosting their Virtual Japanese Food and Restaurant Expo! Register here: https://jfre2021.vfairs.com/

09/15/2021

Cherry Company's virtual Expo is TODAY from 9AM to 6PM HST!

09/08/2021

To truly understand wine, the underlying chemistry is crucial. Here's what we're currently reading for our upcoming article on Chardonnay.
https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/119623

This PhD Dissertation by Dr Joanna Gambetta includes a literature review of the aroma compounds in Chardonnay, along with the corresponding aroma compounds created in wine production. There are also a lot of great referenced studies as well.

Uni of Adelaide Sciences

For anyone interested in Sciences, Engineering & Technology at the University of Adelaide.