September 22, 2011
Stopped by on the way to Santa Cruz the Friday of Labor Day weekend. The place is about a mile off of Highway 1. Got there at about 7 PM and the place was packed with nicely dressed patrons. I felt a little out of place in my shorts and gray t shirt. I did not expect such a nicely dressed crowd to be in a brewery in the industrial area of the city. However, I was quickly greeted, given a beer list, and within a minute I had the beer I had come for; the Telegraph Reserve Wheat. Soon thereafter another fellow in a gray t shirt who worked at the brewery came up to me and we talked beer for a bit. I only had time to stay for about 5 minutes as I had to get back on the road, but I would like to come back and try more beer, as the prices were good, and the workers were friendly.

July 12, 2011
very small production brewery located about a 10 min walk from downtown state street in Santa Barbara. they have a tasting flight which includes 5 beers + a 10 oz pour of your favorite. nice little tasting area to the side of the tanks. small warehouse setting. they sell 750ml bottles to go as well as tshirts, glasses and growlers.

August 4, 2010
This brewery’s tasting room is next to the brewing equipment itself, so don’t expect any special ambiance here. The "servers" are the brewery workers themselves, so you can be sure they’ll know the beers very well. Unassuming because of the industrial neighborhood, this brewery won’t be visited by passerbys who are not in the know, but their beers are really good enough to deserve more recognition. All in all, the brewery itself is not a great beer destination (which is why my place rating is rather low), but their beers are all good and should be tried. The owner/brewer told me he was working on a Sour Ale with currants and a barrel-aged Porter as well...

July 10, 2010
Really chill place to do a tasting. Not a ton of beers available from these guys, but the staff is really chill and it’s a fun place.

May 11, 2010 [ Updated May 23, 2010 ]
I went here while on a Road Trip a month ago .The first thing i like is how there two sides of the bar to sit at and it was comfortable to be sitting in chairs .The brewers were nice enough to let me try out a limited English Brown Ale that they were working on that was great.Great brewery i would recommend it as a good beer spot on any road trip .There was no food . Small place.Great attitudes from brewers and from the patrons that were there which makes me want to come back . The flight tasting was nice with a paper with all the information.Not too expensive either.

September 10, 2009
A tiny little Santa Barbara brewery right next to Carr Winery. Cramped space, but they do have a nice little taster bar. Unfortunately I didn’t check their schedule and they were in the middle of a brew when I got there. They were still willing to sell me a bottle or fill a growler, but sadly no taster flight. A cool place with some nice attitude.

July 11, 2009
Went to the tasting room this Saturday after lunch at Hollister. Warehouse type environment that reminds me of Craftsman, but has the edition of a tasting bar. 4 of their beers on tap, directly from the cold storage room. Some music playing, laid back bartenders, and some small 15 barrel fermenters, as well as a couple of oak zinfandel barrels to age the stock porter in. Good prices. Picked up a bottle of the new Rhinoceros, which I have to wait a week to open with friends, and a bottle of the Robust Ale (neither of which were on tap).

April 2, 2009
This brewery is a fun place to find (literally, as it is tucked away so well that it is almost invisible from the street and I had to park and walk to find it). The owner is a great guy and the weekend tastings are intimate. When I was here a year ago and spoke with the brewer, he professed a dislike for even moderately hopped beers - not even a pale ale. (The California ale comes closest, but even here the hops are invisible). Hopheads of even the modest persuasion will be disappointed. (Note: the website now mentions a Robust Ale with hops, so I may need to return...)

January 2, 2009
Telegraph is a small brewery just east of downtown SB, and they are open for tastings ad growler fills on thursdays, fridays and saturdays for limited hours. They have a small bar area in the brewery on the left when you walk in, with the fermenters on the right and the kettle and mash tun in back, along with some barrels and cold storage. Not a whole lot to add to the ambiance, but its cool to drink a pint while examining the equipment. They do a winery style sequential tasting for six dollars which includes a few ounces of each one of their current beers (usually four) followed by a ten ounce pour of your favorite. Growler fills a a great value at eight dollars after you pay four for the glass. The brewers are usually working the tastings and are happy to talk beer with you. Telegraph’s beers are distinctive and are not universally appealing in my experience, but I generally find them both good and interesting. A fun stop to make if you are in town when they are open, but not exa