page_title: Cuisine of Hawaii
section_title: Alcoholic beverages
hierarchical_section_title: Cuisine of Hawaii / Drinks / Alcoholic beverages
caption_attribution_description: Mai Tai, in Waikiki, HI
context_page_description: The cuisine of Hawaii incorporates five distinct styles of food, reflecting the diverse food history of settlement and immigration in the Hawaiian Islands. In the pre-contact period of Ancient Hawaii, Polynesian voyagers brought plants and animals to the Islands. As Native Hawaiians settled the area, they fished, raised taro for poi, planted coconuts, sugarcane, sweet potatoes and yams, and cooked meat and fish in earth ovens. After first contact in 1778, European and American cuisine arrived along with missionaries and whalers, who introduced their own foods and built large sugarcane plantations. Christian missionaries brought New England cuisine while whalers introduced salted fish which eventually transformed into the side dish lomilomi salmon.
  As pineapple and sugarcane plantations grew, so did demand for labor, bringing many immigrant groups to the Islands between 1850 and 1930. Immigrant workers brought cuisines from China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Portugal after arriving in Hawaii, introducing their new foods and influencing the region.
context_section_description: Hawaiian tropical tiki cocktails like the Blue Hawaii and the Mai-Tai make use of rum.  The rum is blended with a variety of tropical fruit juices and served with a decorative piece of fruit. Piña Colada is a cocktail made with rum, coconut cream or coconut milk, and pineapple juice. Originated in Puerto Rico, Piña Colada is a popular beverage for Hawaiian locals.
  Okolehao is an old Hawaiian liquor made from the root of the ti plant.
  Hawaiian wine is produced mostly on the island of Maui and the island of Hawaii.
  Hawaiian beer is represented by the largest brewpub in the state, Kona Brewing Company.  From 1901–1998,  "Primo" was one of the most popular Hawaiian beers, and as of 2008, has returned to production, though it is now brewed in California.  Historically, craft beers (microbrews) have been slow to take off in Hawaii due to a restrictive state law on brewpub sales.  However, the law changed in 2003, and growlers are now available.  The Maui Brewing Co. is the largest Hawaiian packaged beer brewer. (see also List of breweries in Hawaii).
caption: A Mai Tai cocktail
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