By Wendy Osher

Wednesday’s on HDNet belong to Zane Lamprey and this week on an all new episode, the comedian/mixologist travels to Maui and learns how to make the Monkey Pot Mai Tai. Photo courtesy HDNet.

Maui hot spots will be featured in tonight’s Season 2 premiere of Drinking Made Easy, a series broadcast on the HDNet national network.

The one-hour special features stops at the Maui Brewing Co., where host Zane Lamprey taps his own beer and and checks out unique drinking specialties and time-honored traditions, with a Maui twist.

Lamprey also samples Island 808 Vodka at Leilani’s on the Beach, and learns about kava root at Wow Wee Maui Kava Bar and Grill.

The Maui special airs tonight, Wednesday, October 5, 2011 on HDNet at 2 p.m. Pacific/Honolulu with a repeat at 6 p.m. the same night.

The HDNet series features Lamprey and his buddy Steve McKenna, as they travel the US in search of the local drinks and drinking customs.  A road trip unlike any other, Lamprey and McKenna travel to cities like Monterey, Miami, Tampa, Cape Cod, Washington D.C., Seattle, Santa Barbara and Aspen among many others.

“Drinking Made Easy” airs Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET on HDNet.  HDNet networks are available nationally via DIRECTV and Dish Network and locally in Hawaii on Hawaiian Telcom.