Big Island Brewhaus
Waimea, Hawaii, USA · Est. 2011
Tally's Take
Why this matters
The highest brewpub in Hawaii, run by the man who first brewed for Maui. Elevation changes how beer behaves, and he chose to deal with that on purpose.
The People
Behind the beer
Waimea brewpub founded by Maui Brewing's original brewmaster.
The Beer Library
Beers
Overboard IPA
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
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Belgian-Style Strong Ale
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Porter
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Awards
- 2014
Bronze — Belgian-Style Strong
GABF
- 2014
Bronze — Belgian-Style Strong / Specialty Ale
World Beer Cup
- 2014
Bronze — IPA
World Beer Cup
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- great american beer festivalAwarded2014Bronze — Belgian-Style Strong
- world beer cupAwarded2014Bronze — Belgian-Style Strong / Specialty Ale
- world beer cupAwarded2014Bronze — IPA
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17, which cited https://bigislandbrewhaus.com/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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