The Art of Beer

Christopher Ramelb, a native of Kaua'i, started his wine career in 2012 as a business analyst for Southern Wine and Spirits after earning a Computer Science degree at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has since twice represented Hawaii at the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs National Young Somm finals, won the Clore scholarship for the top score at the Certified Sommelier exam, and earned the coveted Johnston Medal in 2016, achieving the highest score for all Advanced Examinations in the calendar year, beating out hundreds of candidates across the globe. He furthered his wine studies on the floor at Vino and Alan Wong's, and eventually took the post of opening Wine Director at Senia, where he helped earn the restaurant a James Beard nomination for “Best New Restaurant”, and a spot in Wine Enthusiast's “America's Top 100 Wine Restaurants” in 2017. He rejoined Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits as the Restaurant Sales Manager and Director of Wine Education in 2018, the same year he first passed the Master Sommelier examination. He loves consuming and learning all things alcohol and is committed to furthering the drinking and hospitality culture in Hawaii. You can find him hosting a new podcast called “Wine &...” where they talk all things wine and what intertwines with it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #sommelier #hospitality #winespirits

Naehalani Breeland is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ola Brew. She is also the marketing director of this very successful beverage company. Raised on Moloka'i, Naehalani works to foster positive growth in the community. She has been in the beverage industry for 6 years, and pursued her education in New York. Naehalani has been an advocate to grow your investment as continuing to push Ola Brew's mission of being community-owned and extending their offerings to new regions. Ola Brew is all about making a positive impact while growing their brand. They always purchase local and make sure to incorporate them into their craft beverages. -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #olabrew #craftbeer #craftbeerhawaii

Nicolas Wong was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Roosevelt High School and continued his education at The Colorado School of Mines where he studied Engineering and Project Management. Nicolas began his love for craft beer living in Colorado. After college, Nicolas started working at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard as an engineer and launched his first company focused on real estate development. Nicolas met his two future business partners, Derek Taguchi and Kevin Teruya at the Shipyard who introduced him to homebrewing. In 2015 The love of homebrewing evolved into a small brewery in Moiliili, Honolulu- Beer Lab HI. In 2018 Beer Lab HI expanded its brewing operations to a larger production location in Waipio. In 2020 amid the pandemic a third taproom and restaurant was opened in Pearlridge mall. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #beerlab #craftbeer #crowler

Owner and Brewer of Honolulu Beerworks along with my wife Charmayne. We opened in Kakaako in 2014 with our brewpub and have expanded 3x since opening. I have over 10 years of professional brewing experience along with a Culinary, construction and mechanic background. We run a small 7bbl brewhouse that produced 6000bbl in 2019. Honolulu Beerworks is a gathering place for people to enjoy quality local craft beer that is both unique and exciting in both ingredients and processes that we use. We have 22 taps in our brewpub and we also can 7 styles of beer that are available throughout Hawaii on every island. We are an award winning brewery both locally and internationally. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #beerworks #brewer #honolulu #kakaako

Eric is the VP of Marketing for Kona Brewing Hawaii. His grandfather used to run the only trucking company that delivered Primo Beer on Oahu at one point in time in the 40s/50s and his first introduction to beer was collecting beer bottle caps when he was a kid. He spent 10 years in Southern California during the craft boom and got hooked. He's back in Hawaii running the marketing and innovation efforts for the company and is co-chair of Kona Brewing's Makana Local Giving Program.

Lee Anne Wong is the chef and owner of Koko Head Cafe in Honolulu, Hawaii. A native of Troy, New York, Wong graduated from the International Culinary Center (ICC), formerly known as the French Culinary Institute, and began her culinary training at Marcus Samuelsson's Aquavit before playing an integral role in the opening of Jean Georges Vongrichten's Chinese concept, Restaurant 66. Wong went on to work as the Executive Chef of Event Operations at ICC, during which time she was prominently featured on Season One of Bravo's Flagship Series “Top Chef”, and subsequently was hired as the series' Supervising Culinary Producer for the next 6 seasons, helping to build the show into the powerhouse it is today. In late 2013, Wong moved from New York City to Honolulu where in 2014, she debuted Koko Head Cafe – an island style brunch house in the Kaimuki neighborhood – to popular acclaim, with Wong recognized on the cover of Honolulu Magazine, as well as in Bon Appétit, Food and Wine Magazine, Honolulu Star- Advertiser and Huffington Post . Wong released her first cookbook, Dumplings All Day Wong , in August 2014. Chef Wong joined Hawaiian Airlines as a guest chef in 2016 and was named Executive Chef for the airline in March of 2018, leading the culinary program and menus for both domestic and international flights. In March of 2019, Wong moved to Maui with her partner and one year old son. She also participated in Season 17 of Bravo's Top Chef All Stars , filmed in Los Angeles and Northern Italy. Chef Wong's newest project, Papa'aina at the Pioneer Inn, located in historic Old Lahaina at the Harbor, showcases her culinary travels while featuring local, Maui grown and raised ingredients, as she reimagines the restaurant for Maui's oldest hotel, The Pioneer Inn. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #kokohead #fusioncuisine #pioneerinn

Bill Carl has been in sales and in the "beer scene" for quite some time. Since 2007, he has done a multitude of work locally here in Hawaii. He is currently the Hawaii Sales Manager for Molson Coors Beverage company since 2017. He is also a Certified Cicerone and Certified BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) beer judge. Prior to his sales manager position at Molson Coors Beverage, he was the Beer Portfolio Manager Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits here in Honolulu from 2013-2017. As well as the General Manager at Humpy's Big island Alehouse in Kailua-Kona in 2010-2013. You can follow his work and keep up with his sales on Instagram and Twitter - @dineanddraught. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #cicerone #molsoncoors #BJCP

Hailing from the tiny island of Lanai, Hawaii and graduate of Lanai High School, this DJ, Comedian, TV host and Actor has done it all! Currently, Lanai is a producer/director for WikioCast creating a variety of TV Shows/Podcasts such as “It's A Hawaii Thing”, which he is also a co-host on, “Culturised,” “Wine &…,” “Runnin' It Back,” and this newest one, “Art of Beer!” Lanai also hosts Cooking Hawaiian Style, currently in its 8th season. In the 90's, Lanai was part of Hoku nominated comedy trio “The 3 Local Boys.” With four albums under his belt, you might remember such hits as “Rice Rice Baby,” “I'm A Filipino” or the song that went national, “Me So Hungry.” Lanai is no stranger to international and local TV shows such as Food Network's Great Food Truck Race, Co-host with Anthony Bourdain's NO Reservations, Jake and the Fat Man, Da Braddah's, Baywatch Hawaii, Hawaii Five-0, and he has also been in a variety of local commercials. He has been touring the mainland doing stand-up comedy openings for Henry Kapono, Andy Bumatai, Augie Tulba, Wayne Brady and Damon Wayans, to name a few. As a 25- year radio veteran, Lanai co-created the Island 98.5 radio station, and currently is on air in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #Lanai #tvhost #comedian #itsahawaiithing

Chrissie Pinney is the director of operations at Hana Koa Brewing Co., and she was previously in sales at Ballast Point Brewing. Hana Koa is 10,000 square feet, half of it is the brewing facility and the other half is the kitchen and dining area. Her and her husband, Josh Kopp moved from California to open Hana Koa as he is the head brewer for the company. The idea to build the brewery initially started as a joke after Josh's father bought the Kakaako warehouse space. Since their opening in 2019, they serve exclusive brews, including IPA, stout and blonde varietes, and also wine and food on their menu. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Learn more about The Art of Beer visit: https://www.theartofbeer.com/ The Art of Beer is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. FOLLOW US IG: @theartofbeerpodcast FB: @Art-of-Beer-107481008367624 #brewing #IPA #Kakaako

Aloha I'm Dustin Gomes. Avid Homebrewer for over 12 years. I've been the Oahu & Kauai Market Manager for Maui Brewing Co for almost 6 years now. I've always been passionate about cooking which led me into home brewing after my wife got me a Homebrew kit in 2009 and loved it ever since. I love all styles of beers especially paired with the right foods, some of my favorites include Weizenbocks, IPAs, and the occasional Pilsner on the golf course.