BRYANT FUKUTOMI / CRAIG KOJIMA

Hawaii on Tap

With unique flavors, local breweries are making gains in the craft beer market

• LOCAL LAGERS
• Hawaii craft beers on the rise
• PROVEN CONTENDERS
• Expansion is the recipe for success at Keoki Brewing Co., Mehana Brewing Co., Kona Brewing Co. and Maui Brewing Co., Hawaii's four major beer manufacturers

COURTESY GORDON BIERSCH Hundreds of bottles of Gordon Biersch beer stream down the assembly line in California.

• FROM BARLEY TO BOTTLE
• The process of making beer, including video.
• BREWPUBS
• Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery, Sam Choy's Big Aloha Brewery, Waimea Brewing Co. and Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. serve up specialty beers with local flavor

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM Owner Garrett Marrero displays hop petals used in Maui Brewing Co.'s beers.

• CELEBRATE
• Weekly, monthly and annual brewing festivities
• GO GREEN
• Brewers make their facilities more Earth-friendly

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM Customer Richard Estalker at Kona Brewing Co.'s Hawaii Kai brewpub.

• WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
• Primo re-emerges while other Hawaii beers have run dry
• GOOD TO THE LAST HOP
• Global hops shortage hits home

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM Brewmaster Dave Campbell samples his work at Sam Choy's Big Aloha Brewery.