Comments on Dump Bucket`s review of Okolehao Whiskey
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:34 pm
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hjsargent wrote:'Okolehao does not mean "alcohol" in Hawai'ian. It means "iron bottom". 'Okole is Hawai'ian for bottom and hao is Hawai'ian for iron. The name traces to the use by visiting whalers of the metal rendering pots to make improvised pot stills in the 1790's. Lots more lore in the Maui News.