Telegraph Brewing

Microbrewery in Santa Barbara, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Epic Brewing Company

Established in 2006

Closed in 2020

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418 N Salsipuedes St., Santa Barbara, CA, 93103, United States
Description
Telegraph Brewing Co. was Santa Barbara’s first craft brewery. Brian Thompson founded the Belgian-inspired brewery in 2006.

Early American brewers adapted traditional European brewing techniques to the unique ingredients, climates, and tastes of the New World. At Telegraph Brewing Co., our beers are handcrafted in that same manner at our brewery in Santa Barbara, California. Making use of as many locally grown ingredients as we can, Telegraph's ales embody our philosophy that a local brewery should reflect the traditions of its region. Our goal is to produce uniquely American beer styles that are imbued with a spirit of invention and creativity, but always with a nod toward history.

In 2017 Utah-based Epic Brewing purchased Telegraph.

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, straw, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and spices, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2015 at 10:41


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle@Yesprs - Orange pour with small white head. Aroma and taste is fruity and floral hoppy, with floral and herbal nuances going on, crisp fresh and easy drinking.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2015 at 14:19



6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

75 cl bottle. Pours cloudy orange to yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and toasted. Toasted and caramelish malty. Bitter and toasted malty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2015 at 14:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

The Bodega, Brooklyn tap: pours orange golden with a white head. Aroma is light orange and some hops. Taste is light citrus and some pale malts. Not all that interesting and not nearly as orange as one would expect. Meh.

Tried from Draft on 25 Dec 2015 at 22:58


6.6
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
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 12

Bottle. Cloudy golden body with a frothy white head, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of pepper, citrus, toasted grain, floral hops, earthiness. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, soft carbonation. Dry finish, but the thick mouthfeel because of low carbonation drags this down. Citrus backbone and peppery in the end — like putting cracked pepper on an orange.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 15:52


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750ml bottle. Cloudy, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Wheaty aroma, minimally strawy, a touch of flax, wax and chamomile. Taste is wheaty, minimally spicy, a touch of chamomile, orange zest, subtle sweetness. Flawless.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 15:21



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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750 ml caged and corked bottle from Rare Beer Club, poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Neat album/beer idea. Hazy bright yellow with 2.5 fingers of off-white head. Aromas of funk, floral notes, citrus fruit and peel, herbs. Tastes of orange citrus fruit and peel, floral notes, funk, herbs. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2015 at 21:38