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Kona Big Wave

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Kona Big Wave is the mainland Kona beer brand, owned by Anheuser-Busch and run from St. Louis. Its roots go back to 1994, when Cameron Healy and his son Spoon Khalsa founded Kona Brewing Co. in Kailua-Kona and brewed the first Big Wave, then called Pacific Golden Ale. Since 2020 the Hawaiian brewery has been a separate company, while the beers sold on the US mainland are brewed there under this brand. In 2023 the line was renamed Kona Big Wave, with a new logo and packaging.

6Beers
4Styles
4.8%Avg ABV
1994Founded

Beers by Kona Big Wave

6 beers
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Big Wave
Golden Ale · 4.4%
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Gold Cliff
Fruited IPA · 7.2%
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Hanalei Island IPA
Fruited IPA · 4.5%
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Kona Light
Blonde Ale · 4.2%
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Longboard Island Lager
Pale Lager · 4.6%
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Mai Time Light
Fruit Wheat Ale · 4%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 6 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 6 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
tropical
5 of 6 beers
fruity
4 of 6 beers
light
5 of 6 beers
citrusy
4 of 6 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad6 beers · 4 style families
Pale Ale 2IPA 2Lager 1Fruit Beer 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 509 other breweries making Golden Ale, Blonde Ale and Pale Lager.
typical for Golden Ale, Blonde Ale and Pale LagerKona Big Wave
in no beersin every beer
tropical
in 5 of 6 · typical Golden Ale, Blonde Ale and Pale Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Far more tropical than typical.
sweet
in none of their beers · typical Golden Ale, Blonde Ale and Pale Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
bready
in 4 of 6 · typical Golden Ale, Blonde Ale and Pale Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more bready than typical.

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About Kona Big Wave

Kona Big Wave is the mainland Kona beer brand, owned by Anheuser-Busch and run from St. Louis. Its roots go back to 1994, when Cameron Healy and his son Spoon Khalsa founded Kona Brewing Co. in Kailua-Kona and brewed the first Big Wave, then called Pacific Golden Ale. Since 2020 the Hawaiian brewery has been a separate company, while the beers sold on the US mainland are brewed there under this brand. In 2023 the line was renamed Kona Big Wave, with a new logo and packaging.

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