Kewalos Cream Ale
Honolulu Beerworks
- From:
- Honolulu Beerworks
- Hawaii, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #109 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #30,715 - Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 14.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 09, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Kewaloʻs Cream Ale is our lightest and most refreshing beer.
It's soft pale straw color and crystal clear clarity highlight its mild aroma with each inviting sip.
20 IBU
It's soft pale straw color and crystal clear clarity highlight its mild aroma with each inviting sip.
20 IBU
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.36/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.36/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
From the Hawaiian style can, it pours a slightly hazy light yellow color with a nice, short lasting, white head. The nose gets a slight sourness to it, followed by a mild flavored slightly sweet brew that is somewhat forgettable, but not awful. Probably good for those Hot Hawaiian Days!
Aug 29, 2024
Reviewed by MaltsOfGlory from Oregon
2.99/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12oz can, canning date appears to be about 2.5 months ago
Pours over a finger of dense, creamy white head into my Boston Lager glass. Retention is great and nearly all of the head remains after a few minutes. Initial lacing looks pretty nice. Body is golden yellow, crystal clear, with a ton of nucleating bubbles coming up. Looks very nice so far.
Nose has some faint corn, light bread. Unfortunately there is some pretty clear diacetyl here, which is very hard to ignore once you find it, and it comes along with a big sweetness.
At first the diacetyl is a little more mellow on the flavor. At that point it’s still palatable, and not too bad. But as this warms, the diacetyl starts to become a pretty significant issue.
Carbonation is medium-low, the glass is certainly contributing to that though. Mouthfeel has some weight to it given the sweet butterscotch going on. Bitterness is low, but just barely present. Mouthfeel could certainly be better.
Drinkability is fine at first, but after the carbonation starts to fade and the beer warms, the diacetyl becomes hard to deal with.
Appearance turned out very nice. The lacing was very consistent and a little bit of head lasted all the way down.
If you drink this cold it’s not bad, if you let it warm it’s quite poor.
Mar 08, 2022Pours over a finger of dense, creamy white head into my Boston Lager glass. Retention is great and nearly all of the head remains after a few minutes. Initial lacing looks pretty nice. Body is golden yellow, crystal clear, with a ton of nucleating bubbles coming up. Looks very nice so far.
Nose has some faint corn, light bread. Unfortunately there is some pretty clear diacetyl here, which is very hard to ignore once you find it, and it comes along with a big sweetness.
At first the diacetyl is a little more mellow on the flavor. At that point it’s still palatable, and not too bad. But as this warms, the diacetyl starts to become a pretty significant issue.
Carbonation is medium-low, the glass is certainly contributing to that though. Mouthfeel has some weight to it given the sweet butterscotch going on. Bitterness is low, but just barely present. Mouthfeel could certainly be better.
Drinkability is fine at first, but after the carbonation starts to fade and the beer warms, the diacetyl becomes hard to deal with.
Appearance turned out very nice. The lacing was very consistent and a little bit of head lasted all the way down.
If you drink this cold it’s not bad, if you let it warm it’s quite poor.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is clear light pale straw yellow in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with just a narrow ring of white bubbles around the edge of the glass and some wisps on the remainder of the surface.
S: Light aromas of biscuit and pale malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of biscuit and pale malts and a slight amount of bitterness from the hops, which mostly serve to mask any sweetness.
M: It feels light-bodied and a bit creamy and smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very refreshing and easy to drink and has a pleasant mouthfeel. It would make for nice selection to drink at the pool.
Serving type: can
Mar 17, 2020S: Light aromas of biscuit and pale malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of biscuit and pale malts and a slight amount of bitterness from the hops, which mostly serve to mask any sweetness.
M: It feels light-bodied and a bit creamy and smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very refreshing and easy to drink and has a pleasant mouthfeel. It would make for nice selection to drink at the pool.
Serving type: can
Rated by Frisk415 from California
4.53/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.53/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This is what I imagine Budweiser would look and taste like if it was actually good. Extremely crisp and drinkable. Great brew.
Jan 27, 2020
Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.5/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
September 14th, 2015 - Demure and blonde, this beer almost looks frosted with winter in the taster glass. The smell is familiar for the cream ale genre with a cream soda scent. But the flavor is dry and grainy, more like a saison, and showing off tastes of bread and biscuit. This is nice, dry and crisp ale, but engaging as well, with it's long aftertaste.
Jul 21, 2019
Reviewed by Troy-Hawaii from Hawaii
3/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
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Bought a 6-pack cans $9.88 Foodland
Clear golden color
Light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Slight bitterness, light tastes
Overall an ok beer. Good for hot weather. Nothing exciting, but that could be due more to the style of beer.
Apr 07, 2019Bought a 6-pack cans $9.88 Foodland
Clear golden color
Light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Slight bitterness, light tastes
Overall an ok beer. Good for hot weather. Nothing exciting, but that could be due more to the style of beer.
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