Self serve counter for beer and an extensive Poke' selection. Location is outdoors but it is Hawaii with good weather. Music was low and so were the conversations. Ordered three different Poke', all arrived quickly and all were very tasty. Crew was attentive to backed up people waiting to order while people were tasting, every time that occurred, another employee would quickly assist at the counter to keep things moving.
Chad Nakashima
All outdoors. The weather was great for drinking beer. Pretty solid beers.
Adam F.
So I was here during a whirlwind self-guided tour last month of as many breweries in the area as I could hit in one afternoon - I'm sure by now 100% of the specific beer I tried last month have rotated out, as it seems like that sort of place. But based on the selection when I was there, I'm pretty confident in saying that they are my sort of brewery, in that they likely always have a wide range, not just of styles, but of particularly *interesting* styles. At the specific time I was there, that included a pretty solid quad ale (with a particularly cute name, "Geek's Quad"), a pretty solid porter, a pretty solid POG ale, a great li hing seltzer that was way more flavorful than typical for hard seltzers, and an absolutely wonderful and particularly interesting "thiolized" golden ale (you can tell it's my sort of accurately-named "beer lab", when one of the beers makes me Google a word; apparently thiols are "highly impactful aromatic compounds", and "thiolized" beer has been run through special yeast that converts malt to thiols in a notably more than typical amount, not that that particular beer is probably still there, a month later.) You can get all their beer individually in either 4, or 12 oz pours - 4 oz pours, as of when I was there, ranged from $2.50-4. All their seating is outdoors - but much of it is tented properly in case of rain. (It was actually drizzling slightly part of the time I was there.) It does seem like it'd get pretty warm on hot days, though. They do also serve great poke as well - I wasn't actually that hungry when I was here, but I had to try their poke anyway, when I saw they had appetizer portions of just poke for $7. Though future reference, while their ahi is seriously good, super fresh-tasting ahi... I got the "OG", cause it's well, the OG. if I were back, next time I'd definitely get the spicy version - the OG is just fish, onion, and in my personal opinion, way more salt than I felt like eating. Great ahi, though, and a decent amount for $7 - not enough for a meal, but enough for a great snack to go with your beer tasting.
Frank Sweterlitsch
Interesting beers, fantastic poke
Kyle Roman - Sutton WestCoast Realty
Great spot. Nice quite enclosed yard. Beers are cold and tasty. Great easy drinking sour ? Covered picnic tables, yard games...easy place to kill an afternoon. ?Easy to miss...keep ur eyes peeled for the small silver aging tanks... just before Grace's Inn.
Big Island Recruiter
Great layout, friendly staff. Try the smoked ahi dip! It was killah! There is also N/A options if you don’t drink.
Timothy T.
Super chill brewery with awesome workers. My gf and I stopped by since we saw they had a sour on their menu. When we arrived, they didn't have it listed since they swapped out the keg with another beer that morning. BUT the workers were kind enough to switch it back to the sour since another couple we met there also visited for the sour (everybody's somebody's mule). I do wish it was a little more sour and tart though. They also offer poke, which was pretty fresh and one of the better pokes I had while in Honolulu! Definitely recommend for chill vibes with cool mural paintings.
Sally G.
Had a great time at Beer Lab's Beretania location with my girl gang yesterday. I've been to the other three locations multiple times, but it was my first time here. Cute causal location woth lots of cool colorful murals. As usual for Beer Lab, the service was fast and friendly even though we were a large group (we had about 10-15 ladies walk in within about 30 minutes with another 5 to shortly follow!) Counter services with pours of their beers and a variety of fresh poke. You can also BYOF if you're not a fish fan. I tried the smoked ahi dip and spicy ahi. The spicy ahi was tasty with a nice kick. My friend that had ordered the smoked ahi dip commented that she wanted a little more seasoning. I thought it was similar to other smoked fish dips I had had. You can order the poke with or without rice, and there are a variety of additional toppings to choice from. Pinic table seating that's covered or has umbrellas. Definitely wouldn't recommend it if it was raining hard as there's limited space under a roof. Has 2 corn hole games on the side. Best thing?!? Not 1, not 2, but FIVE bathrooms! Woot! Even though there were quite a few ladies there, I never waited in line! And there's 2 common sinks for washing hands. Fun times! Can't wait to go back. I took lots of pics of our group yesterday. Need to go back for food pics!
Kyle A.
The Beretania location is great! A unique feel compared to the other locations. You can bring in your own food and convenient with a grocery store right next door. The fish options that are served are good too!
Trent Green
Really great beer selection. They also have poké and other snacks available, and outdoor games to play while you enjoy the beer
I read an article about a local craft brewery serving fresh poke - an awesome combination I had to try and I'm glad I did. The selection of beer is extensive and creative from a light rice lager to an ube hoppy IPA (my choice). Next to the beer tap is the poke section where like the selection of beer, the selection of poke is extensive, but unlike the mainland where there are many (questionable) options, Beer Lab keeps it relatively simple - the biggest choice is the rice, regular white or sushi - choose the sushi rice. I ordered the OG (original) poke with the sushi rice. Kept it simple and paired with the IPA, oh boy, it was ono! Everything is in an outdoor setting - picnic tables with overhead covering; I saw cornhole on the side, ready to be set up for play. In addition to the great selection of tasty beer, fresh awesome ahi poke, there are items you can purchase to take home such as t-shirts, dog toys, etc. to remember your visit. There are a few Beer Labs on island (Pearlridge, Waipio, University, Beretania) so you have a selection of places to visit. I have three other Labs to visit.
Rob B.
Aloha, Beer Lab is expanding like no- one's business. Lol. From humble beginnings to bring urban HNL to West, and back - very nice for us. This latest location on Beretania is tucked between Keeaumoku St and Times Market. 3 stalks in from and St parking. Nice picnic tables and corn hole too. Fun Pupus like homemade ahi dip and pipukaula. While bags of chips! Nice! Enjoy!
Keola m.
This beerlab is HUGE! Outdoor seating with a game area (Cornhole) and space to run relays. Parking is kinda tricky. I used street parking on the back street and walked through times supermarket parking lot. There is also street parking in front but, check the signs. The food is mainly Poke. Fresh poke and I must say its good. We ordered a poke tray with 4 poke selections and they were all very good. They also have poke bowls. The smoked 'ahi dip paired with the shrimp chips are super good as well. . I only wish they served more substantial food. Something to soak up the alcohol. haha There was no table service when we were there (afternoon) and just one bartender. Later 2 more came on duty and they all were very helpful and friendly. Oh yes, there is beer. Beerlab beer is always great and I especially love trying all the different creations they have.
Max Alexander
Excellent drinks and Poke. Wouldn't change a thing.
Michael Weinberg
Delicious beer, tasty sushi with a chill vibe and beautiful art.
Self serve counter for beer and an extensive Poke' selection. Location is outdoors but it is Hawaii with good weather. Music was low and so were the conversations. Ordered three different Poke', all arrived quickly and all were very tasty. Crew was attentive to backed up people waiting to order while people were tasting, every time that occurred, another employee would quickly assist at the counter to keep things moving.
All outdoors. The weather was great for drinking beer. Pretty solid beers.
So I was here during a whirlwind self-guided tour last month of as many breweries in the area as I could hit in one afternoon - I'm sure by now 100% of the specific beer I tried last month have rotated out, as it seems like that sort of place. But based on the selection when I was there, I'm pretty confident in saying that they are my sort of brewery, in that they likely always have a wide range, not just of styles, but of particularly *interesting* styles. At the specific time I was there, that included a pretty solid quad ale (with a particularly cute name, "Geek's Quad"), a pretty solid porter, a pretty solid POG ale, a great li hing seltzer that was way more flavorful than typical for hard seltzers, and an absolutely wonderful and particularly interesting "thiolized" golden ale (you can tell it's my sort of accurately-named "beer lab", when one of the beers makes me Google a word; apparently thiols are "highly impactful aromatic compounds", and "thiolized" beer has been run through special yeast that converts malt to thiols in a notably more than typical amount, not that that particular beer is probably still there, a month later.) You can get all their beer individually in either 4, or 12 oz pours - 4 oz pours, as of when I was there, ranged from $2.50-4. All their seating is outdoors - but much of it is tented properly in case of rain. (It was actually drizzling slightly part of the time I was there.) It does seem like it'd get pretty warm on hot days, though. They do also serve great poke as well - I wasn't actually that hungry when I was here, but I had to try their poke anyway, when I saw they had appetizer portions of just poke for $7. Though future reference, while their ahi is seriously good, super fresh-tasting ahi... I got the "OG", cause it's well, the OG. if I were back, next time I'd definitely get the spicy version - the OG is just fish, onion, and in my personal opinion, way more salt than I felt like eating. Great ahi, though, and a decent amount for $7 - not enough for a meal, but enough for a great snack to go with your beer tasting.
Interesting beers, fantastic poke
Great spot. Nice quite enclosed yard. Beers are cold and tasty. Great easy drinking sour ? Covered picnic tables, yard games...easy place to kill an afternoon. ?Easy to miss...keep ur eyes peeled for the small silver aging tanks... just before Grace's Inn.
Great layout, friendly staff. Try the smoked ahi dip! It was killah! There is also N/A options if you don’t drink.
Super chill brewery with awesome workers. My gf and I stopped by since we saw they had a sour on their menu. When we arrived, they didn't have it listed since they swapped out the keg with another beer that morning. BUT the workers were kind enough to switch it back to the sour since another couple we met there also visited for the sour (everybody's somebody's mule). I do wish it was a little more sour and tart though. They also offer poke, which was pretty fresh and one of the better pokes I had while in Honolulu! Definitely recommend for chill vibes with cool mural paintings.
Had a great time at Beer Lab's Beretania location with my girl gang yesterday. I've been to the other three locations multiple times, but it was my first time here. Cute causal location woth lots of cool colorful murals. As usual for Beer Lab, the service was fast and friendly even though we were a large group (we had about 10-15 ladies walk in within about 30 minutes with another 5 to shortly follow!) Counter services with pours of their beers and a variety of fresh poke. You can also BYOF if you're not a fish fan. I tried the smoked ahi dip and spicy ahi. The spicy ahi was tasty with a nice kick. My friend that had ordered the smoked ahi dip commented that she wanted a little more seasoning. I thought it was similar to other smoked fish dips I had had. You can order the poke with or without rice, and there are a variety of additional toppings to choice from. Pinic table seating that's covered or has umbrellas. Definitely wouldn't recommend it if it was raining hard as there's limited space under a roof. Has 2 corn hole games on the side. Best thing?!? Not 1, not 2, but FIVE bathrooms! Woot! Even though there were quite a few ladies there, I never waited in line! And there's 2 common sinks for washing hands. Fun times! Can't wait to go back. I took lots of pics of our group yesterday. Need to go back for food pics!
The Beretania location is great! A unique feel compared to the other locations. You can bring in your own food and convenient with a grocery store right next door. The fish options that are served are good too!
Really great beer selection. They also have poké and other snacks available, and outdoor games to play while you enjoy the beer
Restaurantji Recommends
I read an article about a local craft brewery serving fresh poke - an awesome combination I had to try and I'm glad I did. The selection of beer is extensive and creative from a light rice lager to an ube hoppy IPA (my choice). Next to the beer tap is the poke section where like the selection of beer, the selection of poke is extensive, but unlike the mainland where there are many (questionable) options, Beer Lab keeps it relatively simple - the biggest choice is the rice, regular white or sushi - choose the sushi rice. I ordered the OG (original) poke with the sushi rice. Kept it simple and paired with the IPA, oh boy, it was ono! Everything is in an outdoor setting - picnic tables with overhead covering; I saw cornhole on the side, ready to be set up for play. In addition to the great selection of tasty beer, fresh awesome ahi poke, there are items you can purchase to take home such as t-shirts, dog toys, etc. to remember your visit. There are a few Beer Labs on island (Pearlridge, Waipio, University, Beretania) so you have a selection of places to visit. I have three other Labs to visit.
Aloha, Beer Lab is expanding like no- one's business. Lol. From humble beginnings to bring urban HNL to West, and back - very nice for us. This latest location on Beretania is tucked between Keeaumoku St and Times Market. 3 stalks in from and St parking. Nice picnic tables and corn hole too. Fun Pupus like homemade ahi dip and pipukaula. While bags of chips! Nice! Enjoy!
This beerlab is HUGE! Outdoor seating with a game area (Cornhole) and space to run relays. Parking is kinda tricky. I used street parking on the back street and walked through times supermarket parking lot. There is also street parking in front but, check the signs. The food is mainly Poke. Fresh poke and I must say its good. We ordered a poke tray with 4 poke selections and they were all very good. They also have poke bowls. The smoked 'ahi dip paired with the shrimp chips are super good as well. . I only wish they served more substantial food. Something to soak up the alcohol. haha There was no table service when we were there (afternoon) and just one bartender. Later 2 more came on duty and they all were very helpful and friendly. Oh yes, there is beer. Beerlab beer is always great and I especially love trying all the different creations they have.
Excellent drinks and Poke. Wouldn't change a thing.
Delicious beer, tasty sushi with a chill vibe and beautiful art.