FIRST PHOTO: Mahalo Aleworks owners Ben and Jacquelyn Kopf pose with daughter Amelie, 1, after opening for business Wednesday morning at the Kulamalu Town Center in Pukalani. “We’re really excited to have it open for the community,” Ben Kopf said. “We have had people dropping by every day asking when we are going to be open and thanking us for building this.” Customers were lined up to enter the moment the 3,500-square-foot taproom and brewery opened at noon and folks steadily kept arriving. Food is provided on-site by the Upcountry Sausage Company, and pizzas may also be ordered from neighboring restaurant Marlow. The Kopfs said after numerous delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the business was opening nearly three years after it was started.

SECOND PHOTO: A Lilikoi Sour (left) and Tropical Wheat Ale are two of the eight Mahalo Aleworks brews on tap Wednesday at the Pukalani taproom.

THIRD PHOTO: Brewer Sean Parker inspects a glass of just-tapped West Coast IPA Wednesday at Mahalo Aleworks.

FOURTH PHOTO: Brewer Sarah Foreman prepares to fill a keg with beer Wednesday afternoon.