Celebrity Solstice - day 17 - Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - part 2

We headed to Kona Brewing to join our tour...

Kona Brewing Company

Their tagline is "Liquid Aloha"

We walked from the restaurant to the newly built brewery about a block away.

Information on the building blocks of brewing beer

The two fellows who founded Kona Brewery in 1995 -- the photo has quite a glare on it, but maybe you can see that one of them has a cat on his shoulder! He *must* be a good guy!

Information about use of solar in powering the brewery

What was being made on the day we visited and the crew working

We went into the brewing area via a catwalk above the work area... ('ono means delicious).

Area where they are processing the grain, extracting the wort, and adding the hops

The grain used is barley, and sometimes wheat or rye.

Hops are a flower that add sharp flavor and aroma to balance the sweetness of the wort (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops)

Area where the cooling and fermenting takes place

Some of the cans ready to be filled

Can processing area (no cans being filled at the time we were there)

Directional and mileage information from Kona to other places!

Tasting area on the tour

 We enjoy factory tours when we find them in our travels.