Kohola Brewery Mala Pier Altbier

Mala Pier, located North of Lahaina, This old pier crumbled during Hurricane Iniki in the early 90’s and now pieces of the pier and pylons lie in piles on the bottom, home to schools of goatfish as well as turtles and white tip reef sharks, an excellent diving site. Originally from the Düsseldorf area of Germany, the German-Style Altbier strikes a balance between hop and malt flavors and aromas, but can have low fruity esters and some peppery and floral hop aromas. Before Germany had lager beer, it had ales. Alt, meaning “old,” pays homage to one rebel region in Germany which did not lean into lagering. Mala Pier Altbier is our local version of this delicious traditional style of bier.