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Modern Times Festival of Darkness

December 04, 2023 / Timothy Golden

🍻✨ Modern Times Festival of Darkness Lineup! ✨🍺

Join us on December 21st, from 5-11pm, for an extraordinary evening featuring a stellar lineup of barrel-aged beauties from Modern Times. Prepare your palate for a symphony of flavors, complexity, and craftsmanship. Here's a sneak peek into the beer lineup:

1. **Mega Devil's Teeth Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Hazelnut, Cocoa, & Vanilla**

- ABV: 13.5%

- Indulge in the decadence of Mega Devil's Teeth, enriched with the warmth of bourbon barrels and infused with hazelnut, cocoa, and vanilla.

2. **Decahex Aged for 2 Years in Bourbon Barrels with D-90 Amber Candi Sugar**

- ABV: 16.2%

- Experience the intensity of Decahex, aged to perfection for two years in bourbon barrels, with the addition of D-90 Amber Candi Sugar.

3. **Monsters Park: Ginger Bread Edition Imperial Stout**

- ABV: 14.2%

- Immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with Monsters Park: Ginger Bread Edition. This imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels boasts a delightful blend of brown sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and cloves.

4. **Monsters Park: X.M. Schmeller & Tiny Horsey Edition**

- ABV: 14.2%

- Unleash the monsters with this special edition of Monsters Park. Aged to perfection, it promises a rich and complex flavor profile that will leave your taste buds craving more.

5. **Wizard Blend (2022)**

- ABV: 13.6%

- Embark on a magical journey with Wizard Blend (2022). This massive blend of barrel-aged beers is a symphony of flavors, including notes from bourbon barrels, cognac-finished bourbon, and rhum agricole barrels.

Plus a handful of radically amazing Modern Times IPAs. Let the countdown to the barrel-aged bliss begin!

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tags / modern times beer, barrel aged, Beer in Hawaii, Craft Beer Hawaii, bourbon barrel, imperial stout

Celebrate ABT 12 Day on 12/12

December 04, 2023 / Timothy Golden

St. Bernardus ABT 12 Day! 🍻

📅 12/12

🕒 ALL DAY

📍 Village Kaka’ako

Join us for an extraordinary celebration of one of Belgium's finest beers – St. Bernardus ABT 12! Prepare your taste buds for a day dedicated to the rich, complex, and distinctive flavors of this exceptional Quadrupel.

🌟 Event Highlights:

Sip St. Bernardus ABT 12 the renowned Belgian Quadrupel. We’ll also have Tripel, Pater 6, Christmas and Gift sets

Limited Glassware - Take home a piece of the celebration with St. Bernardus ABT 12 glassware. First come first get, no purchase necessary.

Get ready for a day filled with camaraderie, discovery, and, of course, exceptional beer. Raise your glass to St. Bernardus ABT 12 and the joy of sharing it with fellow beer aficionados!

Cheers to an unforgettable St. Bernardus ABT 12 Day! 🍻 #StBernardusABT12Day

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tags / St. Bernardus, ABT 12, beer in hawaii, Craft Beer Hawaii, Belgium Beer

Custom Holiday Beer Packages - Give The Gift of Amazing Craft Beer

December 04, 2023 / Timothy Golden

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tags / Craft Beer, Beer in Hawaii, Beer gift, Holiday Beer, Christmas beer, Beer present, gifts for the boss

SALT Oktoberfest 2023 - The Best Fest in the Pacific

September 11, 2023 / Timothy Golden

The Oktoberfest fun at SALT will be happening on two nights, Saturday, September 23rd AND Saturday, September 30th! The festivities start at 5 p.m. and feature a stein hoisting competition by Samuel Adams (6 - 8 p.m.) and lively entertainment by Doolin Rakes & Zicke Zackes Trio. 🎵

Of course, there will be tons authentic German festival beers 🍺 for all to enjoy at the @villagebeer Beer Hall in The Barn.

Paulaner
Spaten
Hofbrau
Ayinger
Weihenstephaner
Schonramer
Schneider
Samuel Adams
Sierra Nevada
Firestone Walker
and many more!

Plus delicious Oktoberfest sausages by @butcherandbird and @hankshautedogs! 😋 You know you need a brat with that beer! And authentic Bavarian pretzels by Sandra's Bavarian Delights.

And as always the event is FREE to get in, you pay as you go. So get your dirndl and lederhosens out and get ready to Prost another amazing fest season!

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tags / Events, Oktoberfest, SALT at Our Kakaako, Beer Fest, Cra, Craft Beer Hawaii, Beer in Hawaii, Paulaner, Ayinger, Spaten, Hofbrau, Weihenstephaner, Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada

Village 7th Anniversary

August 02, 2023 / Timothy Golden

7 YEARS!

We’re so stoked and humbled by all of your support over the past 7 years. Village isn’t Village without you idiots! Come join us on SATURDAY, AUGUST 12th to celebrate 7 amazing years of rad beer and lots of smiles.

Open regular hours 12-11pm and taking over Da Barn at SALT from 5-10pm…

Lots of fun stuffs going on

Release of Village Idiots Double West Coast IPA collab with Beer Lab HI. 4 pack cans to go and lots of draft.
Special collectors cups with draft pours (first come first get)
Epic draft list…you know we got some radness for you!
Live music and our main man DJ Slopoke spinning the grooves!
7th Anniversary special t-shirts for purchase. We like to tell ourselves these are now annual collectors items!

Huge shout out to Kawika Samson for designing this years can label. He’s a rad local artist and we are so stoked on this years artwork. Mahalo plenty!

More deets to come friends. Lets party.

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Father's Day Custom Beer Packages

June 05, 2023 / Timothy Golden

Fathers Day Beer Orders Village Bottle Shop

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The Journey of Kō - The Making of Pakeweli Tripel with Aloha Beer Co. & Kō Hana Rum

September 15, 2021 / Timothy Golden

Kō - Saccharum - Sugarcane. A simple plant that grows like a weed in Hawaii and has shaped the island’s history in so many way. For many, cane is a link to the past when plantations dotted the islands and provided work and opportunity for so many. For others, like Kō Hana Rum it is a living link to ancient Hawaii when Polynesians brought the plant on their canoes to the new lands they were discovering.

This project started with a trip to Kō Hana’s facility in Kunia. Our goal was to pick out a single barrel and single varietal rum that would be exclusive to Village. The love, passional and dedication that the Kō Hana team puts into their rum has inspired us at Village for a long time and we were humbled to be able to select our very own barrel.

Our team was guided by Kyle Reutner of Kō Hana Rum, who hand selected a number of barrel samples. Each barrel is filled with rum made with a single heritage variety of cane. Kō Hana has meticulously categorized and re-discovered cane varieties that were grown and propagated by the ancient Hawaiians. Each variety has unique qualities differing in taste, color and aroma. The barrels we were choosing from were filled with rum distilled from Pakeweli, a beautiful cane with purple tiger stripes on the stalk.

After a lot of careful sipping, smelling and swirling we came to a consensuses that barrel 1291 was the winner. We loved the vibrant notes of cotton candy, vanilla, orange marmalade and the hint of spices like anise and white pepper. It was time to get this juice bottled up. Half stayed at cask strength, or 60.8% abv, while the other half we had cut down to 45% abv. While the bottles of Kila and Koho got ready, we started to focus on the second half of this project and the continued journey of barrel 1291 and Pakeweli.

Now it was time for this barrel to live a second life. We reached out to our close friends at Aloha Beer Co., to work on a beer that would showcase not only the barrel but also the pakeweli cane. Our goal was to showcase the cane in both the rum and a beer. To our delight Aloha jumped at the chance to work with Village and Kō Hana Rum. After a few discussions we all decided on brewing a Belgian style Tripel. A style light in color that really focuses on the bright fruit and spice characteristics created from the yeast used in fermentation. Many of these flavors are similar to the ones in pakeweli. Traditionally processed white sugar is used in the brewing process of this style, but we decided to replace that with freshly pressed pakeweli cane juice.

Along with Aloha Beer’s Kaiao Archer, we ventured out into Kō Hana’s fields in Kunia to cut stalks of pakeweli in the sweltering summer sun. With a few pointers and safety tips from Kyle, we got to cutting and striping the cane stalks. Unlike large cane plantations that burn their fields, Kō Hana hand cuts their harvest. It’s very hard and hot work, but it better preserves the juices in the cane stalks. After we filled the truck up, it was back to Kō Hana’s facility to press each stalk to extract all of that sugary goodness. With a hand from the pressing machine we quickly had 10 gallons of sweet cane juice.

The 10 gallons of freshly pressed pakeweli cane juice was added to the brew and after primary fermentation we transferred a portion of the beer into our barrel to sit and soak up those flavors for 6 weeks. We decided to keep the barrel aging period shorter since this is a beer light in color and we didn’t want the barrel to over power anything.

The results? From 1 field, a single cane variety helped create 2 amazing locally crafted drinks. We are excited to release both beers along side the rum on Friday, September 17th at Village. A journey of 1 locally grown product that can be tasted side by side in different forms.

Bottles of Village’s Single Barrel Pakeweli Ko Hana Rum can be purchased online to enjoy at home as well!

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tags / Aloha Beer Co., Ko Hana Rum, Pakeweli, Collaboration, Pakeweli Belgian Tripel

Inu x Village x DeKneef Can Release Photos

April 12, 2019 / Timothy Golden

A huge mahalo to all who came out for the can release of our Coconut Hazy IPA collaboration with Inu Island Ales and artist Luke DeKneef. The cans sold out in less than an hour and we hope you are enjoying them in this amazing weather we’ve been having here in Hawaii.

We’re so stoked on the response from the Hawaii craft beer community and can’t wait to do it again! Here are some pictures from the event at Village Bottle Shop & Tasting Room.

Special mahalo to Robert Nakama for all of the photos!

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tags / Inu x Village Collaboration, Inu Island Ales, Coconut Hazy IPA, Can Release