Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale | Chad'z Beer Reviews #546

[thecouzintim]

there pipeline porter is also delicious i love kona brewing they nailed it

[realaleguide]

ooh any English style Pale Ale, sounds good Chad, cheers :-)

[jeffbrister2004]

Thanks so much for trying this one. Its my favorite one from Kona.

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@jeffbrister2004 yeah that's for recommending it. I could see getting a sixer for the next party or BBQ I goto. I think anyone could drink it.

[Ronlb3469]

@ChadzBeerReviews Widmer actually brews some very good special beers that I'm sure you don't get in NY. Don't just think they only brew the beers you find in the supermarket.

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@Ronlb3469 we get most of their line here because it's contract brewed by Redhook.

[Ronlb3469]

@ChadzBeerReviews Well that explains it all right there. Sorry to hear that,

[SnobbyBeer]

I had this beer when I was in Florida. I could tell it was old (the liquor store didn't appear to sell a lot of craft beer), but it was still pretty good. It was the only craft beer I found where I was at so I was happy to have it. Not great, but a solid Pale Ale!

[StumpyJoeJr]

Yeah, this one is real solid for a pale ale. Nice light hop notes and just a real clean drinking beer. Good for Hawaii weather.

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@StumpyJoeJr In retrospect, I think I should've rated it a point higher.

[Ronlb3469]

Just to correct you on the Craft Brewers Alliance. Anheuser-Busch does not own it. A-B owns own 32% of the business, and that is only for Widmer, Redhook, and Kona to use A-B for their distribution. Goose Island was part of the CBA, but no longer after being bought by A-B earlier this year.

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@Ronlb3469 If Bud owns 1/3rd of you then you are owned by Bud in my opinion.

[Ronlb3469]

@ChadzBeerReviews Do you normally go around saying that a company is owned by the minority owner? I just get tired of people bashing the CBA brewers by saying their owned by Anheuser-Busch. A-B is only a partner for their distribution network. They have nothing to do with the making of the beer. I think Widmer makes very good beer, but there are always the people who try to discredit them by throwing in the Bud ownership. Really pisses me off,

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@Ronlb3469 Yeah but all the CBA brewers are supermarket brewers, they're not making top shelf stuff like Southern Tier, Three Floyds, Founders, etc.

If you were 33% dirty would you be surprised if people called you dirty? Or would you say "no, I'm 66% clean! It's not fair to call me dirty"

[BeerichiTuba]

This is like the only beer they make that I don't think it's good. Not like it tastes bad, but it just has this weird mouth feel. The roastiness and malts don't work with this beer, I believe.

[ChadzBeerReviews]

@BeerichiTuba You probably get the actual Hawaiian version on the West Coast. I wonder if there's a diference between their brew and Redhooks' brew? I thought it was pretty good, actually.