Kona Brewers Festival

Some of you may have noticed I am a bit late on this post. The reason for this was a trip to the Kona Brewer's Festival on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Chick was actually pleasently surprised by this event. When we bought the tickets the cost of $50 a head seemed a bit steep.

However this cost covered 8 6oz glasses of beer, live entertainment thoughout the event, including hula dancers and as much food as you could eat. Officially the food was supposed to be 'appetizers' but there were sandwichs, salads and seafood and all the food 'vendors' were eager to push samples into the hands of passersby.

Admittedly for those who regularly attend West Coast brewfest the beer offering aren't terribly exciting. The 10 or so Hawaii-based breweried that show up had new and interesting things to offer that aren't often found on the mainland. However, the majority of the mainland breweries who turned up brought parts of their regular line ups rather than things brewed specifically for the event.

More on the Hawaiian breweries that we visited in a day or two