Longboard Island Lager
Kona Brewing Co.

 

Remember the bottle and the beer. Nice easy drinking lager that is not too hoppy with a good flavor profile. Have had this beer a couple of times since original taste.

Very good lager beer. Clear, golden color. Aroma of grass, hay, hint of fruits. Sweet, malty taste with gentle bitterness in the end. Smooth, crispy, and refreshing. Well done.

 

Very light, thin feel, slightly hoppy with a hint of lemon. Easy to drink, enough carbonation to be perfect on a hot day. I’d buy again.

 

On tap local to the brewery in Hawaii.
Pale yellow, weak head, light ring lacing
Malty, grainy flavor, a little carbonation bite on the tongue, goes well with the hoppy bitterness and lemon notes.
Better than bottles I’ve had on the east coast, it’s usually not nearly as fresh.
More enjoyable than I expected based on previous experiences.

 

Pretty good. Nothing tragic, a bit watered down but not bad. Sits at 4.6 % kinda reminds you of old beers, like yeungling from 20 years ago. Better quality.

Part of a mixed 12 pack of Kona bottles from the local supermarket. On sale for $13.98 so had to try it. The lager was decanted into a chilled pint glass giving a half inch of froth that quickly dissipated to nothing. Clear, deep yellow with little aroma. I taste only sweet cornbread. None of the claimed “spicy hops”. Lots of nice small bubbles makes for a refreshing mouthfeel on a hot day but that is the best part of drinking this beer. I wouldn’t go out looking for it.

Poured from the 12oz bottle into an oversized wine glass in Kona, HI. The beer is a bright orange color with slight haze and some visible carbonation. Fizzy white head settles down to a small.ringbafter a minute or so. Smell is mostly grainy bread with some spicy hop inside. Taste is balanced euth slightly sweet malt and a light lemony hop tinge. Finishes slightly grassy and lemony also. Overall a good refreshing beach beer. It's not going to blow anyone away but it doesn't have to. Smooth and drinkable.

 

 

 

As advertised a good sipping beer with the added benefit of having fewer calories than a Coke. It's right up there with Narragansett.

12oz bottle poured into a standard shaker pint glass. darker gold with a quick-to-fade white foam head. slightly spicy hops and slightly sweet malts on the nose and in the taste. very drinkable. not crazy favorable. medium-full mouthfeel. pretty good lager.