Remember Pearl Harbor Mighty American Ale

This year we showcase and celebrate the accomplishments and sacrifices of America’s Greatest Generation with Home of the Brave’s Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Mighty American Ale!  Joining forces with Lanikai Brewing Co., HOTBBC proudly dedicates this collaborative brew to our American Hero’s who have fought and sacrificed for the freedom and liberty we enjoy today.  Its been said of our WWII Veterans and workers on the Home Front, that these were “the young men and women that saved the world."  Lest we forget, let us all REMEMBER, HONOR, & SALUTE our Brave Men and Women in our Armed Forces past and present!

PT-109 Kolsch

President John F. Kennedy was serving as commander of the PT-109 torpedo boat in the Solomon Islands when his ship was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. For 12 hours, Kennedy and his crew clung to the wrecked hull before he ordered them to abandon ship. Kennedy and the other good swimmers placed the injured men on a makeshift raft, taking turns pushing and towing the raft four miles to safety to a nearby island. They were rescued six days later.

Tally Ho Wit Peach

In 1944, Lord James “Tally Ho” Blears, a local surfing legend and personality in Hawaii, was on a Dutch Merchant Ship in the Pacific. After his vessel was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, he was taken prisoner. As the Japanese began executing their captors, Tally Ho ran for his escape, dodging bullets and machine gun fire, and jumped off the sub. He swam back to the site of his ship’s wreckage, found a makeshift raft where he and a few others were eventually rescued. A can of peaches was the first food he received after his rescue.

Zamperini Extra Special Bitter

Depicted in the book and Hollywood movie “Unbroken,” Louis Zamperini was an Olympic track runner who enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a B-24 navigator stationed in Hawaii. On a failed rescue mission, his aircraft went down and three of his crew spent 47 days adrift in the Pacific. Taken capture by the Japanese, Zamperini was starved and severely tortured. He endured and became an inspiration to his men and the nation for his courageous and undaunted character.

Code Talker Ginger Guava Ale

Honoring our Native American Navajo code talkers who served courageously with all six divisions of the U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Their code was never broken and was used to intercept, and decode, American military messages. “Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima!” - Major Howard M. Conner.

Soldier Bear Stout

Soldier Bear Stout celebrates a remarkable Polish artillery soldier who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1942. Private Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear who was more than just a mascot to his comrades. He drank beer, smoked cigarettes, and saluted when greeted. He carried 100-pound ammunition boxes during the battle and became the inspiration for the 22nd Artillery Company insignia.

Tannebaum Ale Spice Beer

On a cold starry night in the German Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve 1944, a group of lost and injured American and German soldiers agreed to a truce and put down their guns. In a small hunting cottage a young boy and his mother hosted the enemy soldiers and prepared a hot meal for them.  At day break they exchanged Christmas greetings and departed. That young boy grew up to be a baker and moved to Hawaii, where he established a well-loved Honolulu bakery—Fritz’s Bakery. Our spiced holiday ale celebrates the night that “God came to dinner.”