Reserve Wheat Ale
Telegraph Brewing in Santa Barbara, California, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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This sour "wild ale" recalls the earliest rustic beers crafted centuries ago before brewers had an understanding of controlled fermentation. Brewed with the addition of locally grown lemon verbena herb, as well as lactobacillus and wild brettanomyces yeast, Telegraph Reserve Wheat is an all-together different beast from modern beer. Light, tart and extremely refreshing, this special brew is available in extremely limited quantities.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A lightly sour wit beer. Belgian yeast, coriander, and citrus. It is good as a wit beer, more sour than most, but this is not like any other Berlinner weisse have tasted. The yeast is seems wrong for that style. Clear yellow appearance.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2009
at 12:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar at the DC Local Gathering. Light golden yellow color. Lacy, patchy head. Funky tart citrus and wheat flavors. Some wild yeast tastes, and some nice yeasty complexities. Quite enjoyable, smooth but flavorful. Lemony, earthy, but smooth and subtle as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2009
at 20:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Corked and caged 750ml bottle sampled at a DC Local gathering thanks to CaptainCougar. Pours a transparent, straw gold with a thin, ringing white head. Sour aroma of perfume and grass. Flavor is the same with light lemon. Thin and watery, not as puckering as you’d expect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2009
at 18:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The pour is a completely hazy golden/straw color. It is perfectly hazy yet a light color and full of light. Aroma is a very stinky straw with some lacto, (light stinky cheese). There is also a strong salty/earthy mineral twang all over the place. Flavor is that salty earth as well, tartness all over and a weak wheat behind it all. Has a spritzy, sparkling mouthfeel. A perfect Berliner Weisse, not sure why it is labeled a sour ale.
750mL cork and wire, bottled on 01/12/09, Duvel tasting glass.
750mL cork and wire, bottled on 01/12/09, Duvel tasting glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2009
at 00:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle shared by beastiefan2k. Bottled on Jan 12, 2009. Pour is cloudy yellow with a slight golden tinge. Nice white head falls slowly with some lacing. Aroma of sour wheat, and citric tart lemons. The two flavors integrate nicely and are soft and inviting. Taste is spritzy lemon, lactic, nice tartness and a mild sour wheatiness. Palate is light, though coats the mouth nicely. Really nice and refreshing beer. Thanks for sharing this one Eugene.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2009
at 17:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A hazy light golden beer with a thin lazing white head. The aroma is slightly acidic with notes of brettanomyces and friut. The flavor is sweet with acidic notes of brettanomyces as well as notes of citrus fruit and some wheat, leading to a dry wheaty and slightly tart finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2009
at 23:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750 ml bottle from Enniskillen’s cellar, paid for by my sweat! Nose of light, tart, horseblanket, and some wheaty yeast. Cloudy gold with a large white head. Flavor is tart with light corriander, cloves, and citrus and a peppery finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2009
at 00:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pale gold with a frothy white head. Slightly sour and lemony aromas. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is wheat and citrus/lemon; mildly sour. Good stuff. Finishes just a bit papery.
Tried
on 14 May 2009
at 21:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Picture sent in to be uploaded. Marked as Telegraph Reserve Wheat Ale (red label). Was not expecting it to be sour till I smelled the beer, then investigated on the label. Pours with a large, foamy white head that stays over the murky yellow body. Aroma is tart and earthy, with coriander, candied ginger, light banana esters and orange peel. Taste is lightly sour and earthy with spices, fennel, tartness, coriander, citrus sour, and orange peel. Lively and dry mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2009
at 00:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pale yellow beer with a nice white head. Tart, oaky, apple aroma with wheat backing. Tart (somewhat lactic) flavor with lemon and green apple and wheat/malt backing. Medium bodied. Lactic tartness lingers. Well put together and adds more than what many of the just Brett beers do now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2009
at 23:01