‘Ono at Home: Kōlea in the Tomato Patch

HAWAII Magazine Staff / Mar 12, 2026

This playful and refreshing cocktail brings together two Hawaiʻi-Island based brands: Kōlea Sparkling Hop Water and Kuleana Rum Works. Both companies are crafted on Hawaiʻi Island, drawing inspiration from the land, its ingredients and the community. The collaboration celebrates local pride, blending the spirit of Kuleana’s rum with the crispness of Kōlea’s sparkliing water. READ MORE: The Beloved Kōlea Birds Return to Hawaiʻi Kōlea in the Tomato Patch Ingredients 1.5 oz Kōlea Classic Hop […]

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Grab These Hawaiʻi-Made Ingredients to Celebrate National Mai Tai Day

Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku / Aug 29, 2024

Thanks to a history full of sugar cane production, the mai tai has become synonymous with Hawaiʻi, even though the tiki cocktail didn’t originate in the Islands. To celebrate this National Mai Tai Day (Aug. 30), make your cocktails with more of a Hawaiʻi vibe by using locally made ingredients and shopping at local stores

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4 Breakfast Cocktails Recipes From Hawaiʻi Bartenders

Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku / Dec 7, 2023

When most people think of a Hawaiian vacation, they typically envision lounging at the beach or poolside with a beautiful tropical drink in their hand. Drinking cocktails (or mocktails) in Hawai‘i is one of those things that you have to do—a trip just isn’t a trip without a mai tai, Lava Flow, or a Blue

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HAWAIʻI in the Kitchen: Aoki Tai

Catherine Toth Fox / Aug 30, 2021

What better way to celebrate National Mai Tai Day—or any day, really—with a new take on the classic tiki cocktail. Ryan Birkett, head bartender at Doraku Sushi in Waikīkī, walks you through the recipe for Aoki Tai—new to the restaurant’s menu—which uses housemade falernum, a Caribbean cocktail ingredient spiced with clove, lime, ginger and almond.

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This Hawaiʻi Island Rum is All About the Farm-To-Glass Experience

Meghan Miner Murray / Aug 13, 2020

It’s notoriously windy in North Kohala. Trade winds reliably blast Hawai‘i Island’s northern coast and the smoothed hump of its oldest volcano. It’s morning as I step out of an air-conditioned tour vehicle onto the dusty landscape. Tucked behind a row of windmills, on a 40-acre plot, leafy stems tower above me, shaking in the wind.