AND you also get Maui founder Garrett Marrero!
(...the only way to sell beer is to have a beer with the folks you're selling to!)
Garrett, who is obviously in his element when talking about Maui's delicious lineup, is a pleasure to talk to and a font of beer knowledge. While hanging around, I heard a few surprising things that I will now list below:
1.) BREAKING NEWS!!!! Maui Brewing Co and Port Brewing Co in San Diego are getting together to do a collaboration in the fall! According to Garrett, it will be available in Maui cans and will combine the best of what San Diego and Hawaii have to offer-- just as soon as they figure out exactly what that is. (Port Brewing Co is not available in HI, so this will be a great way for Kama'aina to get an idea of how great Port's award-winning beers are!) VERY EXCITING!
2.) Possibly on the horizon: Maui Brewing is hoping to find a way to work with Roselani ice cream company to make a Coconut Porter ice cream. Obviously, they first have to figure out how to get the alcohol out of the beer in order to get it through the approval process, but this would be an instant classic!
3.) Interesting fact: The pineapple juice used in Maui's Mana Wheat is the same juice used in the making of Pau Vodka, and Tedeschi Vineyard's Pineapple Wine. Imagine that! One juice, three local products! Garret also explained that Maui Brewing Co does not modify the juice, nor do they add extracts in their brewing process. This explains the variation between batches, as both the terroir and the relative sweetness of each pineapple harvest are both expressed in the beer.
Many mahalos to Liquor Collection, Maui Brewing Co, and Garrett Marrero.
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