Something new: Taps and Apps
With 36 craft beers on tap and a food menu by Du Vin’s former executive chef, Hawaii’s newest brewpub opened over the weekend in Mililani Mauka. You’ll find a rotating selection of solid brews like Goose Island Matilda, Ballast Pt. Sculpin and Belching Beaver milk stout. And yes, we said brewpub: Taps and Apps will also have homebrews made on premises.
Beer flights are four 4-ounce pours for $12 to $16.
Why Mililani? The story starts with general manager Chris Overton, a food and beverage veteran. He left Hawaii to attend the University of Nevada Las Vegas and stayed in Sin City to work at big name venues like Brooklyn Bowl.
Then he got a call from his parents. Come home, they said. They had found the perfect spot for a bar. Located between Navy Federal Credit Union and Wing Stop, Taps and Apps would be a watering hole for the central Oahu crowd.
150 seats and a nice outdoor patio fronting Meheula Parkway.
Overton, his fiancee and parents built out the site from scratch. From the hand-stained furniture to the decor along the walls, touches throughout are the result of their labor.
The bar is double-sided with tap handles running back to back. Beer prices range from $5 to $10.
Daniel Kawamoto, the executive chef at now-shuttered Brasserie Du Vin, created the food menu. We weren’t able to sample anything during our sneak peek last week, but choices include pizza, burgers, escargots, oysters and wings. It’s a range of American pub grub classics with a smattering of French dishes.
Beer cocktails caught my eye. There’s a take on the Moscow mule called the Taps & Apps mule and a Vegas spin on a bloody mary using Jose Cuervo, a house tomatillo mix, a hit of lime and Sierra Nevada pale ale.
Here’s all the beers on draft. Overton is adding his two homebrews, a honey citrus wheat and an IPA.
For non-beer drinkers, there are a number of handcrafted cocktails, wines, spirits, juices, coffee and soft drinks. I’m looking forward to going back and trying Overton’s two homebrews as well as Kawamoto’s dishes.
Chris Overton and Daniel Kawamoto.
Taps and Apps
95-1830 Meheula Pkwy Suite C6
626-8277
Daily from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
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TapsandAppsBrewpub.com
