MEDIA RELEASE
Kona Brewing Company’s brewstaff has declared every other Friday of the month “Firkin Friday.â€
Twice a month the Kailua-Kona pub taps up a special firkin of one-of-a-kind connoisseur beer at 5 p.m. and serves the tasty concoction until it runs dry – sometimes the firkin lasts all evening, sometimes it is gone in just an hour!
A firkin, also called a cask, is a 10.8-gallon keg of beer. Typically, the brewers pull off a keg of one of Kona Brewing Company’s mainstay beers as it is conditioning in the tank, “pitch†it with a dose of live yeast and add a unique ingredient or two.
As the flavor develops during weeks of conditioning, so does a gentle, natural carbonation. The beer is served straight from the firkin, slightly warmer and less carbonated than other beers on tap, in true English pub style.
This Friday, try a pint of “Gingerlililicious†– Big Island Ginger Ale that has been cask conditioned with fresh lilikoi puree.
Mark your calendar for the next Firkin Friday, Aug. 20. The brewers are working on a “Firkin Hot†beer – a volcanic mix of Lavaman Red Ale and Black Sand Porter, cask conditioned with fresh Hawaiian chili peppers.
the Brew Pub was better 10 years ago, when they had concerts,etc…,now its just a hyped up tourist watering trough…..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!
whatever the brewpub still has awesome beer!!!!!!