California Ale
Telegraph Brewing in Santa Barbara, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.69
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Telegraph's California Ale is their flagship beer and is their interpretation of the unique ales that were commonly brewed up and down the West Coast in the 19th century. It is an unfiltered medium-bodied beer, with a rich amber color and a rocky, white head. The beer is crafted using domestic American ingredients and fermented with a unique yeast strain that accentuates the hoppy spiciness, while also imparting fruity and subtly tart flavors. The aromas are spicy and earthy, reminiscent of the rich agricultural valleys surrounding Santa Barbara.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled from Deciccos. Amber to light pour. Malt and hop aroma. Taste is smooth caramel with some bitter. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Deep amber colour, with a mediumsized fluffy off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, quite sweet malty with some toffee and mild toasted notes. Also a bit spiciness and some ripe fruits to it. Flavour is fruity, floral, some toffee, mild biscuity notes as well as some spices and mild wooden notes. Quite much bitterness toward the finish as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2016
at 08:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle. Clear orangey golden to amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Nuttily malty aroma with a bready touch, slightly grassy hoppy overtones. Taste is minimally earthy and bready, caramel malty, minimally grassy hoppy overtones, very mild yeasty spiciness. Hardly delivering a connecting factor to become persistently fixed in memory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2015
at 12:24
6/10
Tried
on 29 May 2014
at 15:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of StefanSD. Caramel, pineapple, cakey Belgian yeast aroma - smells a little like my mom’s pineapple upside down cake. Hazy amber with a small yellowed ivory head. Fruity, light caramel and toast, spicy yeast, slightly tart flavor with a faint hint of bitterness in the finish. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 17:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 6.2% @ Torben Mathews tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, coriander, yeast hops and notes of caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 06:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Torben Mathews tasting. Clear amber with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast and caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, little caramel, little dark fruits, little sweet, little dry, little bitter and spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2013
at 08:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours an amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy weak yeasty aroma with hoppy hints. Fruity malty spicy and slightly tart yeasty citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy slightly tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2013
at 04:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at tasting at my house. Pours amber gold with white head. Nose and taste of fruit, lemongrass, yeast, earthy hops and hint of alcohol in the finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2013
at 10:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught. Arbitrary score 4/5 for Appearance, as nighttime conditions prevented correct assessment. Faintly fruity, some esters, baked banana. Sweet, lots of banana, but (somewhat) cleaner finish. Low carbonation, but not flat; creamy texture. Oh weel. It’s supposedly a style one cannot call steam...
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2012
at 16:44