Telegraph Golden Wheat Ale

Brewed by Telegraph Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Santa Barbara, California USA

Bottle... Clear, light yellow ale with a small, creamy, white head. The funky, breadsy nose offers notes of leather and barnyard with pear and banana esters alongside a light clove phenol. Almost medium-bodied with lazy carbonation. Moderately tart and very decently bittered. Mild sweetness with notes of citrus and biscuit. Crisp, tangy, wonderfully refreshing finish.

Cloudy yellow, moderate head with some lacing and retention. Aroma is fairly tart, even for the style. Wheat, light citrus, some grass and pale malts. Lighter bodied, fairly tart. Nothing really wrong with it, just you know... meh?

Draught at the brewery. Clear dark gold with a big white head. Tart aroma with lots of fresh citrus. The flavor is refreshing and tart with white wine-like character. A little spice and hop bitterness, but subtle. Not as much character as their other beers, but quite nice and refreshing for a wheat ale. 3.3 rerate: Draught a the brewery again. Great spicy and sweeter fruity notes to balance the tart, lemon-like finish. Im liking this much more than the last time I was here. Maybe Im just more in tune with subtle, balanced beers, but this is a standout this time around.

Date: 10/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy dark gold, fine white head, light malt aroma with a wheat tartness and a touch of spices , light wheat flavor, touch of sweetness, light spicyness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is sweet honey, bubblegum, wheat, and some spice. Flavor is wheat, a hint of clove, bubble gum with a spicy finish.

Pours a transparent deep golden with a thin-lacing froth of white head. Aroma of lightly sweet malted wheat and some light citrus tartness. Body starts fairly thin and effervescent with a light sweetness and a hint of coriander spice toward a crisp, bittersweet finish. Pretty refreshing and drinkable.

Big foamy head & high level of carbonation. Rich golden and clear. Looks filtered no haze. Aroma is spicy with Belgian esters and citrus. Flavor is bready with a tart finish. Fair amount of bitterness which is augmented by its tartness. A very quenching and unique beer.

Bottle from Odeed; Nose of yeast, lemon, and light spices; yellow with a huge, pale yellow, long-lasting, glass-lacing head; flavor is grainy, yeasty, withsome peppery spices and some tartness un the finish; no fruity esters like a typical wheat has at least some of.