Petit Obscura
Telegraph Brewing in Santa Barbara, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml C&C bottle, batch #68. Aroma does have a nice tannic, vinous, white wine character. Moderate tropical fruit, pineapple, stone fruit and light melon. Light red apple notes with faint phenolics. Pours a slightly hazy, pale, golden orange with a medium sized, somewhat thin, white head that exhibits decent retention. Flavor has a moderately acidity, again with quite a bit of white wine character. Lots of tropical fruit and pineapple with light melon and stone fruit. Hints of red apple with faint phenolics. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, this is a surprisingly good beer. I don’t know if its the age helping it, but slap the label of an hyped brewery on this and it would sell very well. Reminds me of some Jester King beers.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to a generous trader. Pours cloudy gold with off white head. Nose/taste of peach, apricot, light tartness, wood and an ever so slight plastic note. Medium body.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle pours a transparent gold with some clumpy, white head. Nose of white grape, lemons, lightly tart, some grass. Flavor has some chardonnay barrel, white grapes, light grass, a little cidery, some acid. Medium bodied, acidic, tart finish.
Drake (22934) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared by nimbleprop. Pours a slightly hazy gold color with a thin fizzy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of stone fruits, plum, caramel, brett and a tart finish. The taste tart with notes of apple and an earthy, vegetal finish. A bit thin.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught. Pale straw. Light haze. The aroma is pleasantly tart and fresh like yoghurt, with subtle fruitiness. On the palate, the body has a delicate maltiness, subtle pear fruitiness an finishes with a quenching hint of lactic sourness. Refreshing, a good tart brew.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle (#68) shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Clear golden small white head that dissipates leaving some spotty lacing
Aroma: Tart apples
Taste: Light sourness, grassy and fruit
Ok, a light and refreshing beer.
bb (18428) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a big cream colored head. Nice brett aroma with light lemon and green apples. Tart bretty flavor with green apples and light oak. Medium bodied. Refreshing. Tart brettiness lingers with green apples, light oak, and light lemon.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours med gold with a slight white head. Very mild sourish aroma. Mediumish body. Flavor is lightly sour and a bit wheaty. Finishes a hint salty. Qualifies as quite light and refreshing.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle (batch 68). Pours with a hazy golden body with a small head that quickly fades. Aroma is lactic with plum skins, pitted fruits, stone fruit (peaches and nectarines mainly), cherry, pulots, white wine and passion fruit. Floral, perfumy with notes of honey. Flavor is lightly tart and lightly grainy with some acidity and light fruit. Lingering tropical fruit/passion fruit notes. I wish the acidity is a bit sharper (this seems like a fairly young sour). A bit thing with soft carbonation. Very easy to drink. I think I’d rather have this on a summer day than their Reserve Wheat. Dry and quenching.
popery (1998) reviewed Petit Obscura from Telegraph Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
City Beer Store, Telegraph Wild Ale Tasting (1/20/11). Another interesting effort from Telegraph. This is probably the best small beer that I’ve tried, but even this one still had that sorta watery feel and mild, washed out caramel flavor. That said, this beer also has some subtle notes that evince a degree of complexity not seen in most small beers. The beer has a great gentle fruitiness with notes of grapes, peaches and apples. Light caramel. Light funk. Very light tartness but an underlying sour flavor, separate from the pucker of a normal sour. This would be a very enjoyable session beer, and I hope that it manages to develop even further complexity with a brief stint in the cellar.