{"id":97836,"date":"2018-11-20T07:54:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/?p=97836"},"modified":"2018-11-27T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:19:17","slug":"escape-to-us-island-craft-breweries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/beercation-destination\/escape-to-us-island-craft-breweries","title":{"rendered":"Escape to These Craft Breweries on U.S. Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure, \u201cMargaritaville\u201d is an unofficial anthem for drinking and living the island life, but there is much more to do than walk on sandy beaches while sipping on a tequila cocktail, and independent brewers<\/a> are offering a variety of alternatives.<\/p>\n

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The United States has many, many thousands of islands within its borders, though they may not be top of mind to everyone. A fair number of those U.S. islands are home to craft breweries worth the flight, ferry, drive or boat ride to visit.<\/p>\n

Not all islands are the same, and the beer produced on them reflect the nuances of each particular \u201cisland life.\u201d From the rocky coasts of the Pacific Northwest to the briny tides of the Gulf of Mexico and the surfer\u2019s paradise of Hawaii, travelers visit islands to escape from different things and to discover different things. Craft beer can be one of those things.<\/p>\n

San Juan Island Brewing Co. | Friday Harbor, WA<\/h2>\n

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San Juan Island Brewing in Washington is only accessible by ferry, private boat, or plane. (San Juan Island Brewing)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Getting to this brewery is half the fun. It\u2019s only accessible by ferry, private boat, or plane. San Juan Island Brewing Co.<\/a> opened July 2017 and already has one medal under its belt, picking up a bronze at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival<\/a> for its Bull Kelp ESB.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re well supported by our community,\u201d says Sean Aylward, who owns the brewery with his brother, Tim, and stepfather, Verne Howard. \u201cHowever, since the island did not have a brewery since the early 2000s, we did have to educate a few locals about craft beer, including what a growler was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being a seasonal tourist destination does mean that roughly 80 percent of the brewery\u2019s sales happen between June and September, but the nearly 7,000 residents of San Juan Island certainly show up in the off-season.<\/p>\n

Getting raw materials for their brewer, Jesse Visciglia, isn\u2019t that difficult. Howard also owns a local grocery, so food-related orders are already coming in from Seattle multiple times a week, and the brewery piggybacks on those deliveries. What is difficult is getting carbon dioxide to the island. By law, the amount they need cannot be taken on a ferry, and the U.S. Coast Guard won\u2019t allow carbon dioxide to be transported on the same vessel that delivers propane gas, so the brewery has to hire a private vessel to deliver it.<\/p>\n

Island Hoppin\u2019 Brewery | Eastsound, WA<\/h2>\n

The largest island in San Juan County, Washington, is Orcas Island. It\u2019s accessible by a one-hour ferry ride from the mainland at Anacortes, or inter-island ferry if coming from other islands in the chain. At 6 years old, Island Hoppin\u2019 Brewery<\/a> is nicely settled into the craft beer scene. In fact, the island has its own beer festival every November called Hops on the Rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrcas feels a bit more \u2018small-town\u2019 than some of the other islands, in my opinion,\u201d says John Calhoun, the brewery\u2019s tasting room manager. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a marina to house big yachts.\u201d This small-town feel is accentuated by the abundance of hiking trails, small freshwater ponds, and roaming hills one can explore on Orcas. The reward for a day\u2019s activity is beer, perhaps one of the brewery\u2019s flagships: Old Madrona Imperial Red or Elwha Rock IPA.<\/p>\n

But being an island craft brewery, there is the occasional challenge to overcome. One of those is getting parts when and if something breaks. On Orcas Island there are only six brand-name chain stores; everything else is local and unique to the island, so it\u2019s not uncommon for the brewer to be scrolling through Amazon looking for the right part to fix their direct-fire kettle.<\/p>\n

(TRAVEL: Drinking Local at Hotels is Getting Easier<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Catalina Island Brew House | Avalon, CA<\/h2>\n

The only brewery on California\u2019s Catalina Island, this nano brewery does a lot for its island community. It is also a bakery, restaurant and coffee shop. It opens at 6:00 a.m. every morning with counter service for breakfast-seekers. By lunch it\u2019s offering beers, served with its famed pretzels.<\/p>\n

Catalina Island is accessible off the coast of southern California, slightly closer to Los Angeles than San Diego. The two most popular ways to get on the island are by a one-hour ferry ride across the Pacific Ocean or via a 15-minute helicopter ride.<\/p>\n

Once on the island, adventure awaits. Some choose to backpack across the island, where others may go parasailing or strap into the 1,100-foot-high zip line that drops people down to a sandy beach. Whatever the exploration, kicking back with a local craft beer at Catalina Island Brew House is a fine reward.<\/p>\n

The small brewhouse<\/a> offers a mix of mainstay beers and seasonal rotations, including Island Hop IPA, Dancing Goat Harbor Porter, Rabid Fox Red Ale, Pebbly Beach Pale Ale and Lover\u2019s Cove Wheat. The brewery also offers a couple guest beers on tap. Flights are available for under $8 during happy hour, which runs noon to 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Galveston Island Brewing | Galveston, TX<\/h2>\n

\"GalvestonGalveston is a city of 50,000 residents that welcomes over 1 million tourists annually. \u201cLike a lot of islands, we are a tourist destination, and it\u2019s feast or famine in the summer,\u201d explains Mark Dell\u2019Osso, founder and owner. \u201cBut what we\u2019ve done is build more off-season brewery events, like our Crawfish Festival and seek accounts that would only serve beer in the winter, such as seasonal cruise ships that only sail in the winter.\u201d This distribution strategy means Galveston Island Brewing<\/a> does not need to seek out new accounts that will need to be filled during the brewery\u2019s busy summer months.<\/p>\n

While the brewery\u2019s number one seller is Tiki Wheat, a half-wheat and half-barley brew paired with coriander and notes of honey, its Blue Bridge Hoppy Amber is the beer that brought home a bronze medal at the 2017 GABF<\/a> in the American-Style Red\/Amber Ale category.<\/p>\n

Galveston Island Brewing does distribute and now has its own canning line. \u201cWe used to use a mobile canner that came all the way from Austin,\u201d Dell\u2019Osso says, \u201cbut we grew so big we now have our own canning line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Galveston is only 50 miles from Houston and accessible via the Galveston Causeway bridge, there are not many obstacles to brewing on this island. \u201cAlthough we do have to keep an eye on our water profile,\u201d says Dell\u2019Osso, \u201csince it comes to us out of a 2-mile, 100-year-old pipe along the bridge line, but it\u2019s been fine.”<\/p>\n

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

Kauai Island Brewery and Grill | Port Allen, HI<\/h2>\n

After a day on the water watching spinner dolphins and snapping pictures of the N\u0101 Pali Coast, visitors will pull into Port Allen, and only yards away from Kauai Island Brewery and Grill. This brewery offers much more than locally made beer. With cocktails, wine, a full menu and many pinball games, the vacation never ends.<\/p>\n

The brewery originated as Waimea Brewing Company on the southwestern side of the island of Kauai. After the lease ran up, the owners and the brewer decided to launch a new brewery, Kauai Island Brewery and Grill<\/a>, and move it into the port town of Port Allen.<\/p>\n

Its tagline is \u201cThe World\u2019s Westernmost Brewery,\u201d and that is true, for now<\/a>. Hawaii is the westernmost U.S. state (if you don\u2019t include Alaska\u2019s Aleutian Islands), and this brewery is the farthest west on Hawaii\u2019s island chain, so a visit here means you\u2019ve gone as west as you can get.<\/p>\n

But with remoteness comes a cost. Hawaii is 71 percent dependent on oil<\/a> for its energy, which translates into energy costing three times more than the U.S. national average. So those pinball machines you\u2019ll find upstairs at the brewery get turned off after every use by the player. Energy is that expensive.<\/p>\n

But the beer is on tap, always. One of the brewery\u2019s top sellers is The Fonz IPAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, brewed with over 60 pounds of fresh, local taro, once a staple of the Hawaiian diet, and still an integral part of the culture. The brewery keeps 10 or more of its beers on tap, plus a few from other breweries.<\/p>\n

(READ: Epic Fall Road Trip: New England Breweries<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Frenchtown Brewing Company | St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands<\/h2>\n

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Frenchtown Brewery is part of an entertainment center on St. Thomas. (Frenchtown Brewery)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Pulling its name from the Bohemian fishing village of Frenchtown, this brewery is part of a thriving entertainment center of restaurants, bars and nightspots on St. Thomas. Founded by Kevin Brown in 2015 as a three-barrel nanobrewery, Frenchtown Brewing Company<\/a>\u2019s inspiration came from Brown\u2019s strong affinity for Belgian beers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are really grateful that we\u2019re here. There weren\u2019t any [breweries] on St. Thomas when we opened,\u201d co-owner Terri Brown says. After moving to St. Thomas in the late 1980s, Kevin found the island was lacking in \u201cdrinkable beers,\u201d so he began homebrewing. A third-generation Belgian himself, Brown set off to sample all the styles of beers brewed in Belgium<\/a>. (At the time there were over 500. Today there are over 800<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Today, if you wants to visit this brewery, its hours are limited and only open to the public on Wednesday and Friday evenings, and sometimes seasonally on Saturday afternoons for growler fills only. \u201cWe only have 700 square feet of space,\u201d Kevin says, \u201cso for the safety of the public, we can\u2019t be brewing and be open at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of general safety, hurricanes are a perennial concern in the Caribbean, and the brewery had two road bumps last year due to Hurricane Irma. \u201cWe lost power on September 6 and could not brew again until December 3,\u201d Kevin says. \u201cAfter cleaning up the damage, we didn\u2019t open until Christmas week.\u201d The brewery also missed an opportunity to expand its operation, as the Browns had just signed on a building on August 30 \u2014 only to have that building demolished by Irma a week later.<\/p>\n

As one can imagine, the island life isn\u2019t cheap. Everything comes in on a boat, and the brewery has to calculate ordering the right amount of raw materials, but not too much so it\u2019s sitting around for long. And the water for brewing comes from reverse osmosis seawater, which is roughly 10 times more expensive per gallon than water on the mainland.<\/p>\n

But even with the weather and the added expense, Frenchtown Brewing Company is making refreshing beers for the locals and tourists alike, such as their 86 and Sunny APA, Caribbean Crush Cream Ale, Hop Alley IPA and Frenchie Farmhouse Saison.<\/p>\n

(READ: My 100-Mile Denver Brewery Hike<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Black Narrows Brewing Co. | Chincoteague, VA<\/h2>\n

Chincoteague is Virginia\u2019s only resort island and is about 3.5 hours from Richmond<\/a>. This intimate, 7-mile-long island is widely known for its oysters and clams, but many come to visit in July to watch a herd of 150 wild ponies swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island in the annual Pony Swim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Less than 3,000 people live on the island, and its median age of residents is 46, a full 11 years older than Virginia\u2019s median age of 35. But when it comes to family and community, age is just a number.<\/p>\n

Barely a year old, Black Narrows Brewing Company<\/a> may hit 400 barrels of production by the end of 2018. Black Narrows Brewing Company is a family business, with its five-person roster including mother, father, their two daughters, and their son-in-law. The brewery itself is situated in an old \u201coyster shuckin\u2019\u201d warehouse and operates on a five-barrel system from Colorado Brewing Systems.<\/p>\n

Being small means the brewery can be agile, and it is dedicated to sourcing many, if not most, of its ingredients from Virginia, from malt and hops to corn and \u2026 oysters. Yes, oysters for its Tart Oyster Wheat.<\/p>\n

\u201cInspired by the German gose style<\/a>, this briny beer incorporates Eastern Shore raw wheat, two gallons of oyster flesh, and fifteen gallons of oyster liquor in each batch. It’s fermented with a naturally occurring yeast strain found from our famous Salt oysters,\u201d the brewery\u2019s website reads.<\/p>\n

To further showcase its commitment to community, the brewery donates 10 percent of its gross sales to charities, including \u201cOne Local, One Global\u201d and to global cancer research and prevention.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Brewing Company | Bar Harbor, ME<\/h2>\n

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Atlantic Brewing’s Town Hill brewery. (Atlantic Brewing)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Mount Desert Island, the second largest island on the East Coast, is home to Acadia National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi. It\u2019s a place where rocky shores are juxtaposed against lush evergreens. This island receives millions of visitors annually, even though the average summer temperature is 67 degrees.<\/p>\n

To warm up on a summer day, many visitors will pop into Atlantic Brewing Company<\/a> in Bar Harbor for a pint of Bar Harbor Real Ale, the first beer the brewery ever made back in 1991 when it opened. But one of the brewery\u2019s beers that seems to embody the mystique of Maine is its Blueberry Ale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat beer happened because back when we were brewing in our original location on a two-barrel system, a guy pulled up with his truck full of blueberries and asked, \u2018You want these?\u2019 So we brewed a blueberry beer,\u201d Allie Sasner, social media and marketing coordinator, explains. \u201cThat was 20 years ago and we\u2019ve kept it up since.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re primarily a destination brewery,\u201d Sasner says, \u201cand we get a lot traffic from Acadia, but what\u2019s also nice being so close to a national park is that our water comes from a granite well. We use that for all the beer we make and we don\u2019t have to deal with city water like a lot of other breweries have to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atlantic Brewing Company operates two breweries. One is their main brewery in Town Hill, a 15-barrel brewery built on a 10-acre farm designed to create an experience where visitors could learn about small-scale beer production in a country setting. This location offers three tours a day during the peak season.<\/p>\n

The brewery\u2019s newer location, open for only a year, is in downtown Bar Harbor, and it is a 7-barrel operation that produces one-offs that don\u2019t necessarily get distributed.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a lot of need for the brewery to distribute its beers, however, since about 70 percent of the beer made on the island is consumed on the island, and much of that by locals. But for those who want to take some Atlantic Brewing Company beer home or on an adventure, the brewery has just started shifting from glass bottles to cans.<\/p>\n

These island craft breweries are ones who don\u2019t get swept away in the hustle and bustle of an island vacationer\u2019s itinerary. Instead, they are brewing beers that complement the experience, the environment and the spirit of being off the mainland. So plan a drive, book a boat or buy a plane ticket to check them out firsthand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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