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MyspaceTelegraph Brewing Company (416 N. Salsipuedes St., 963-5018, telegraphbrewing.com) operates under the philosophy that a local brewery should reflect the traditions of its region. Handcrafted beers are produced at its downtown Santa Barbara location, where tastings, pints, and growlers are offered for visitors Thursdays (4-6pm), Fridays (4-8pm), and Saturdays (1-4pm). The brewery makes use of as many area ingredients as possible, including Goleta-grown oranges in the California Ale and White Ale, Carpinteria-grown lemon verbena in the Reserve Wheat Ale, and locally grown chamomile in the White Ale. Owner Brian Thompson is also quick to point out the use of Santa Barbara water as an ingredient in his company’s brews, stating that all the world’s greatest brewing cities-Munich, London, Dublin, Pilsen-have beer industries that grew around good water sources, not necessarily agricultural sources.
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Ha! This is hilarious...
Practically everyone that 's been a Santa Barbara resident for any amount of time knows how hard/ terrible the municipal water is here. Filtration and/ or water softening is a staple of most of the houses in the city.
Touting it as a strength is a serious misnomer and using it as a marketing point seems like an even worse idea (I'm sure they just like putting 'Santa Barbara' on their beer.)
Now I think I understand why I've never enjoyed any of the Telegraph brews.
CitizenWatchdog (anonymous profile)
December 10, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Unfortunately, CitizenWatchdog's comment only proves how little they know about brewing.
"Hard" water (how I loathe that term) is requisite in some of the styles Telegraph brews, in the others it will add a local flavor.
However, it's nearly guaranteed that the water will have been charcoal filtered - the chlorine added to municipal water sources MUST be removed before use in brewing.
So, even though you might still not like Telegraph's beers, the water is more than likely not the reason.
S_cerevisiae (anonymous profile)
December 10, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Local business thriving.
Big congrats to Telegraph Brewing.
Let's look to the bigger picture, (as this team
is) while putting a future community in action.
Local jobs, local product, local resources.
westcoastlocal (anonymous profile)
December 14, 2009 at 9:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)