{"id":100823,"date":"2019-03-25T08:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/?p=100823"},"modified":"2019-04-12T05:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:19:44","slug":"steve-haumschild-lanikai-brewing-company-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/featured-brewery\/steve-haumschild-lanikai-brewing-company-hawaii","title":{"rendered":"Father, Surfer, Brewer: Co-Founder of Lanikai Brewing Talks Pursuing Passions"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Lanikai Brewing Company<\/a> co-founder, CEO, and brewmaster Steve Haumschild steps out his front door in the morning, he doesn\u2019t just get in his car and drive to work. Instead, he seeks out alternative transportation, the kind that enticed him to move to Hawaii in the first place.<\/p>\n

Sometimes he commutes by stand-up paddleboard \u2013 he can launch from the beach in front of his house and paddle his way up a small canal that runs behind his brewery. Sometimes he hikes<\/a> \u2013 there\u2019s a trailhead down the street, where a series of unmarked trails takes him up and over the hills into Kailua, a couple blocks from the brewery. Other times he bikes to work, along the coastal road with a view of Kailua Beach.<\/p>\n

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Today I\u2019m joining Steve on his hiking route. I meet him in front of his Lanikai home first thing in the morning. He says that, normally, he would invite me in for a coffee, but his two children \u2013 his 15-month-old twins \u2013 are still sleeping. We walk down the street toward the trailhead, dodging big puddles in the road from the morning rain, the sky now blue and clear. He tells me he loves mixing an activity in with his daily commute. It makes him take life slower and gives him time to think \u2013 with two young twins, a wife, a brewery and a host of other entrepreneurial side interests, he doesn\u2019t get a lot of alone time otherwise. On the trail or upon the water is where his ideas flow, where he can step back and take a look at his life with perspective.<\/p>\n

From Boards to Beers<\/h2>\n

It was way back in 2003 that he first arrived on Oahu, and he immediately began living this youthful, island lifestyle. He started a small surfboard repair company and linked up with a friend who was a homebrewer. Repairing a board and brewing a batch of beer takes roughly the same amount of time, Steve says, so they would hang out and trade skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were bad surfers back then, so we would beat up the boards, then go repair them and brew beer,\u201d he says. \u201cBasically, at that time, I would surf, repair boards, make beer, surf, drink beer, surf, and then\u2026 I guess repair boards and make beer again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Steve started a surf repair business before opening Lanikai Brewery, and he still surfs today. (Steve Haumschild)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

We start up the trailhead and it immediately turns into a steep, slippery climb, lined by green, tropical shrubs. As I follow Steve up the hill, step by step, and he relays the story of starting Lanikai Brewery<\/a>, the experience feels personal. On these trails, Steve has thought a lot about what he wants his brewery to look like, going back to the 2015 opening and the years of planning beforehand, when he drew up the business plan while getting his Master of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii. For me, walking this same meditative route is more powerful than visiting the brewery itself \u2013 the latter is where the beer is made, but this is where his ideas continue to be born.<\/p>\n

(VISIT: Find a U.S. Brewery<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Island-Inspired Ingredients<\/h2>\n

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Steve uses Hawaii’s natural resources as beer ingredients. (Steve Haumschild)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

At the top of the first hill, we turn back to look out over Lanikai neighborhood, after which the brewery is named. I can see the aqua-blue surf lapping up on the white sand, the two small islands sitting just offshore. One of the most important things for him and Lanikai Brewery right now, he says, is that they don\u2019t want to follow the trends that are swirling around craft beer. He doesn\u2019t want to make IPAs (or whatever) just because it\u2019s the latest thing that people want; instead, he prefers to stick to his original mantra, \u201cIsland Inspired,\u201d the competitive difference that has made Lanikai Brewery what it is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we [the brewery] are able to source from Hawaii drives the creative process,\u201d Steve says. \u201cWe start with considering the Hawaii ingredient first and then figure out what flavors we can highlight in the brewing process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve doesn\u2019t want to make \u201cHawaii-like\u201d flavors with off-island ingredients; he wants his beers to be \u201cauthentic to Hawaii.\u201d To accomplish that, he has had to take his recipes to another level of locality. In that vein, all of Lanikai\u2019s flagship beers feature at least one local agricultural product: Pikake flowers (Moku Imperial IPA), Hawaiian vanilla (Pillbox Porter), hibiscus and Big Island honey (Route 70 Saison).<\/p>\n

(READ: Booming Beer Agriculture Supports Local Breweries<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Lanikai\u2019s seasonal series, Mauka to Makai<\/a>, was designed specifically to \u201cexplore the flavors of Hawaii\u201d and is one of the most rigorous examples of local sourcing that I have ever seen from a brewery: a malt beverage brewed with ti root, taro, coconut, turmeric, and breadfruit (Kahiki Historical Ale); a chocolate haupia imperial stout with Oahu chocolate and toasted coconut (Okole Maluna Stout); a gose with Molokai sea salt and Kona limes (Kainalu Gose); a hefeweizen brewed with toasted Big Island macadamia nuts (Brewhefener Hefe); a double dry-hopped sour made with Big Island yuzu (Rubbah Slippah, Silver Medal, Best of Craft 2018, Seriously Sour Category).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just the beginning of the list, and it\u2019s about to get a lot longer, as Lanikai is currently in the midst of launching its \u201cHawaiian Wild Ales\u201d series. For the past three years, Steve has been bioprospecting wild yeast<\/a> from all over the Hawaiian Islands \u2013 the slopes of volcanoes on the Big Island, mango farms and beaches on the North Shore of Oahu, right here nearby the brewery\u2019s home base in Kailua \u2013 and has collected a total of eight unique, \u201cbeautiful\u201d strains that he plans to brew with going forward. In February, Lanikai released the first beer in this series, the Kalani Honua (translates to \u201cHeaven on Earth\u201d), which uses a wild yeast strain from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island (the same volcano you no doubt saw on the news this summer) to create a mango farmhouse ale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a romance to wild yeast, the land having so much impact on what you\u2019re making and the way it affects the end product, like soil in winemaking,\u201d Steve says. \u201cEnvironmental factors impact local growth, and that is expressed in the seasonal difference in soil, climate, temperature and available daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n

This line of thinking falls not just upon his wild yeast, but with all the agricultural products he puts in his brews. While the general consensus is to strive for consistency in beer brewing, Lanikai embraces the small seasonal differences in its products that come from using fresh, locally bought or foraged produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cA summer mango will have a higher sugar content and be sweeter on average than a winter mango,\u201d Steve explains. \u201cWe use what\u2019s available\u2026 so we expect slight variations in our beers from year to year or season to season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beer Brewed with \u2018Space Dust\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Steve with his family.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Steve\u2019s pursuits aren\u2019t just limited to planet earth. Get this: While he was bioprospecting, Steve met a NASA pilot in his brewpub, who, when hearing about the project, offered to collect a UFO \u2013 an unidentified fermenting object \u2013 for him at 70,000 feet on one of his flights above Hawaii. The mission was successful, and Steve plans to create a wild yeast from this \u201cspace dust\u201d later this year.<\/p>\n

As we continue along the ridge towards the brewpub, taking in the view of the ocean and ducking under the green foliage, beer is the main subject of conversation, but some of his other endeavors come up. He tells me about a boat and kayaking company he runs that guides swimmers across the channel from Molokai to Oahu (one of the Oceans Seven<\/a> marathon swimming challenges at 26 miles). He mentions that he is a whitewater river guide in Appalachia and the West about a month a year \u2013 before the twins arrived, it was closer to two months. This year, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Hawaii Venture Capital Association. Did I mention he is raising twins?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have jobs or a career. I have a life. I have passions.\u201d Steve Haumschild, Lanikai Brewing Co.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At some point, I ask Steve how he keeps everything straight \u2013 how does he manage all these jobs as a brewer, father, businessman, and outdoorsman?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something you have to understand,\u201d he tells me, putting his hands on his hips and pausing to look out at the ocean. \u201cI don\u2019t have jobs or a career,\u201d he says. \u201cI have a life. I have passions.\u201d<\/p>\n

We come down off the trail to the streets of Kailua and make our way into the brewery. He is excited to tell me about his next passion project: He is going to begin aging his beer in bottles under the sea, \u201cjust to see what happens\u201d in comparison to bottles that are aged normally in his brewery.<\/p>\n

(READ: Wisconsin Brewers Bring Rare Beers Back to Life<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make something that\u2019s real and true,\u201d he says. \u201cI like to think, \u2018If you only have this island to live on, what can you use around you, and how can your products be different?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What the underwater beer will taste like remains to be seen \u2013 maybe it makes a difference, maybe it\u2019s just another fun experiment. But, knowing Steve, it won\u2019t be long before we see him scuba diving somewhere off the eastern shores of Oahu. And when we ask him what he\u2019s doing, he\u2019ll probably smile and tell us he\u2019s on his way to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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