Since someoene else is doing most of the rest of the states, I can do a forthcoming short report from here in Hawaii. Very short - we literally live a stones throw from the
Maui Brewing Company...don't even need to drive there . [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
They have a rotisserie too - so it's red meat and beer night.
Their Big Swell IPA is excellent; much better than Sierra Nevada (which is my household standard beer btw). They also make Coconut Porter - yes, coconuts. It's won some awards or other and it really does taste of coconut!
Anyway, the babysitter's bi-weekly evening stint is tonight, so we can get some of this: