About
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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Benzai (25102) reviewed
Reserve Wheat Ale from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
4.3/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Sampled @ ChrisO Pre-GBBF Shindig. Murky yellow color, small to average sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste sourish, grapes, yoghurt, buttery, sour. Not good. At least I don’t like it at all! Yuk.
Tried on 12 Aug 2016 at 06:13
RichTheVillan (12412) reviewed
Reserve Wheat Ale from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth’s pre GBBF shindig; golden yellow pour with a thin translucent head, aroma has decent citrus, taste has lemon with some sourness.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2016 at 03:04
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Reserve Wheat Ale from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso pre gbbf shindig 2016. Pale gold pale. No head. Lemon aroma. Decent lemon sour. Sherbet lemon flavour
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2016 at 10:10
beerhunter111 (51041) reviewed
Reserve Wheat Ale from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pre shinding 2016. Fast klare hell goldgelbe Farbe. Geruch leicht säuerlich, Gewürze, Zimt. Geschmack säuerlich fruchtig, Gewürze, helles Kraut.
Tried on 06 Aug 2016 at 10:09
andrewje41 (7956) reviewed
Reserve Wheat With Passionfruit & Guava from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft pour to a tulip at the Hop and Hound. Pours a cloudy peach color with a quick fade head. Full profIle of fruit in the aroma and flavor. Melon, citrus, tropical. A little bit of everything. Sweet and tart battling it out throughout, but the sweetness is the last standing. Refreshing, juicy mango. Good summer beer.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2016 at 21:45
bhensonb (23077) reviewed
Obscura Vulpine from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
375 c&c from Final Gravity. Pours coppery brown with a transient beige head. Aroma of tart cherry and wood. A little acidic. Med body or so. Flavor is tart cherry and wood, and it’s followed by a definite oxidation flavor. I’m betting it’s from a musty barrel. I like oxidation in moderation, but for those who don’t it’s likely to be off putting. Finishing tartly astringent. Cherry might really be other red berry. Quite nice IMHO.
Tried on 22 Jul 2016 at 20:23
Gyllenbock (17736) reviewed
IPA from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can, thanks Wolff. Clear golden with a large white head. Fresh and hoppy with grapefruit, malt and some caramel. Medium body and bitterness. A pleasant one.
Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2016 at 02:22
andrewje41 (7956) reviewed
Goodland Orange Pale Ale from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Draft pour pint at The Collective. Pours a clear golden color with a thin fizz head. Grainy, pils like aroma with some soft fruit. Orange fruit front, but isn’t entirely refreshing. Warming feel, with a grainy finish. Hop character late. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2016 at 18:49
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
IPA from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
473ml can on 2nd May 2016 in the sun on my daughters patio in California. Golden bodied beer with a snow white head that gave off some decent lacing. Hops all the way here, piney and tropical fruit esters in both the nose and taste, fairly bitter and obviously hop centric it however was balanced by a decent malt undertone with a mini sweet base for the hops to play along.
Tried from Can on 02 May 2016 at 20:21
Mansquito (19868) reviewed
IPA from Telegraph Brewing
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Precious Metal, Brooklyn can: pours light copper with a white head. Aroma is grapefruit and malts. Taste is grapefruit and west coast but maltier than what is generally done in the modern tropical IPAs. Pretty nice.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2016 at 22:20