Telegraph Reserve Sour Wheat

Brewed by Telegraph Brewing Company
Style: Berliner Weisse
Santa Barbara, California USA

Bottled on 1/12/2009. The beer pours to a really hazy pale straw body with a nice dense white head and ridiculous lacing. The aroma is tart wheat and lemons with a lightly funky yeast and very unique complex lemons. The flavor is really complex and superb. Lemons meets tart wheat. It’s funky but not overly so. Such subtlety in this beer. The palate is crisp and carbonated but not too vibrant. A perfect summer beer. I wish I’d have bough more!

Bottle. Pours an alluring golden straw color, with a slight amount of cloudiness. Fizzy white head. Lively carbonation. Very tart and earthy aromas. Lemons, citrus oil, freshly cut grass. Amazingly fresh flavors of tart citrus, sourdough bread, some woody notes. Very dry crisp clean finish. This is amazing! Easily ranks up with the top ten of its style. Highly Recommended.

Draft - Stone sourfest: Poured cloudy tangerine in color and sported but a halo of white froth. The nose was indeed wheaty with dry tangerine notes abound. The mouthfeel is highly carbonated, and i like that. The lactic sour intro has nice wheaty characteristics and nice brett notes to balance out the wheat. I also like the nice background sour boost to balance things out. What i like about this beer is the very obviousness of the fact that this is a very carefully thought out recipe and that the different components of brett, lacatobacillus, etc.work perfectly with each other...I give huge props! RE-RATE BOTTLE 1/27/09 bottling: Gotta boost the points for aroma, this thing was of the wall with sour wheat, lemon zest, and holy jesus H. Christ on a Popsicle stick.

Thanks to Blake for bringing the 750, bottled on my B-day, 2009. Poured cloudy medium golden with a well-formed cap of white head. The aroma picked up sour lemon zest, earthy spices, and dry Brett funkage over a soft bready base.. balance was spot-on, and I could sit here and smell it all day. The flavor was also on point with pale malts supporting zesty, bright, funky, and ultimately refreshing character of lemon rind, fragrant floral, and funky Brett around.. refreshing as well on the long finish with ample acidity and excellent flavors. Lighter-bodied, crisp, and funky on the palate with a long finish.. this was absolutely delightful!

25 oz bottle. Pours a clear straw yellow body with a fluffy and frothy bright white head that left lots of lacing. Lightly sour nose with lots of hay and wheat. Some light floral hops and tropical fruits. Fairly crisp and lightly sour flavor with nice hay and light farmhouse character. Some lemon rind and citrus fruit. Not really as puckering as a traditional Berliner Weisse and not really a Sour Ale either. Light bodied and crisp with great lively fizzy carbonation. Really pretty nice, refreshing and crisp with enough tartness to keep it lively and interesting without being overpowering.

Bottle at pilsnerpeter’s. Thanks to everybody for their generosity. Very pale yellow with head and lace. Sweet and spicy pineapple aroma. Lemony pixie stix pineapple sweet fruitiness with dry finish. Nice carbo. Refreshing. The first Berliner that I’ve really enjoyed. Excellent.

Thanks for BMAN! Finally I get to try this. 1st it’s on tap at the Stone Sour Fest. Then bottles at Stone. Missed out both times. Now it’s on the shelves. Woohoo. And it’s really good. Light yellow color. Wheaty. A cross between a Berliner Weisse and a gueze. Very easy to drink. Dry. Medium sourness. Very nice.

In short: A very wild (somewhat bretty) dry and tart wheaty brew. Tasty, original and refreshing.
How: Bottle 750ml. Consumed fresh soon after purchase. Tasting session with Montreal crew.
The look: Cloudy yellow body topped by a medium white head
In long: Nose is lemony and wild. Stop. Taste is wild with moderate brett presence. Stop. Malts have dry wheat/straw character. Stop. Fruity flavours of lemon zest and some orange peels. Stop. Nice fluffy body. Stop. Very dry and Tart. Stop. This is what I was hoping the Jolly Pumpkin Weizen Bam to be. Stop. Nice Telegraph. Stop.