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Ola Brew Co.

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

ActiveIndependentMicrobrewery
Founded
2017
Archive ID
TB-SJD61VSK
Last checked
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#Hawaii#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

A heavily crowd-funded, fiercely independent operation tied to the local agricultural economy — brewing with dragonfruit, lilikoi, and pineapple. Also produces hard cider/seltzer. Employee-owned structure.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Crowd-funded and tied to Hawaiian agriculture — dragonfruit, lilikoi, pineapple grown locally rather than imported as flavouring. The supply chain is the mission.

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The People

Behind the beer

Steve Hughes
Founder

Kailua-Kona brewery using local Hawaiian fruits and coffee.

Brett Jacobson
Founder

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The Beer Library

Beers

Ola Hard Lemonade

Year-Round

Hard Seltzer

ABV5.0%
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Ma'a Island Lager

Island Lager / Kölsch Hybrid

ABV5.1%

IBU 14.

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Kiawe Brown Ale

American Brown Ale

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17, which cited https://www.olabrewco.com/hilotaproom 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

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

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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Straight answers

Common questions about Ola Brew Co.

Who owns Ola Brew Co.?
Ola Brew Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.
Is Ola Brew Co. independent?
Yes. Ola Brew Co. is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
When was Ola Brew Co. founded?
Ola Brew Co. was founded in 2017 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.
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