{"id":3987,"date":"2011-12-15T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2011-12-20T23:55:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T07:55:19","slug":"weekly-booze-review-two-winter-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/weekly-booze-review-two-winter-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Booze Review Two &#8211; Winter is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everybody,<\/p>\n<p>So for those of you who live in most of the country, winter started many weeks ago. \u00a0The blistering cold, the heavy winds, the snow, etc. But for those of us who call Southern California home, this is a new development. Now don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love winter. I enjoy the cold and the wind and the rain, but one of the things I love most about winter is the fact that some of my favorite beers are currently on draft all over. Now I was considering writing about Sam Adams Winter Lager for this week&#8217;s post. It is a huge favorite of mine and something I look forward to pretty much during every other season, but I thought that would be a little too simple. So I kicked around a few other options. But it was quite by accident that I found the beer I am reviewing this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/beer_home1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4132 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/beer_home1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/beer_home1.jpg 294w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/beer_home1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/beer_home1-72x100.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week I chose to look at a brand I had never heard of before, specifically, the Telegraph Brewing Company. This small brewery is located in Santa Barbara, California and I look forward to sampling more of their beers in the future. But in the meantime, I would like to talk about their Winter Ale, which I had this past weekend in Echo Park at a small establishment called El Prado, on Sunset Blvd. For the local readers, this is a bar right across the street from Masa, which serves a mean deep dish pizza.The bar is small, but has a wonderful vibe. I would imagine it would get very tight in the later hours, but being that it was early we had no trouble finding a seat or asking the bartender what he would recommend. I told him that I was looking for a beer much like Sam Adams Winter Lager and he put a pint of the Telegraph Winter Ale in front of me &#8211; and I fell in love.<\/p>\n<p>When the beer is first poured you instantly get hit with the spices emanating off the rim of the glass. \u00a0Take one deep breath before you take a sip, because it really is tremendous. Now, I enjoy a good ale, but I must say that I typically only drink them in the summer, because they are so light and on cold nights that doesn&#8217;t really fill that void inside. \u00a0But this ale seemed almost as though it wasn&#8217;t even an ale, besides the aroma it gave off, its color and viscosity, were that of a lager. The liquid was silky and the color was a enchanting crimson. There was a lovely earthy tone thanks to the hops used, but it was not overwhelming. \u00a0By serving the beer a bit warmer than is usual with a draft, the liquid is really allowed to open up.<\/p>\n<p>When you take your first sip, you will get transfixed by its smoothness. \u00a0It flows so nicely going down. \u00a0The first taste to hit your palette is the cinnamon. \u00a0It&#8217;s not a chalky or musky tasting cinnamon either, it is more like somebody was evaporating a cinnamon candle in your mouth and there just so happened to be beer there as well. \u00a0But this lovely taste only lasts a moment because it is quickly complimented, not overpowered, by the overtones of chocolate. But just like my wine, my beer has to have a great finish and this one does. After you are no longer transfixed by the cinnamon or complimented by the chocolate, you get to close off the experience with a beautiful caramel, that makes the beer sliding down feel like hot chocolate in the best possible way. \u00a0Let&#8217;s just say I had a second glass for good measure and I will definitely be keeping my eye out for this draft again. \u00a0I may even have to make another stop to El Prado before the season is out.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about Telegraph Brewing Company and where you might find their Winter Ale on tap, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraphbrewing.com\/index.htm\">check this out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time!<\/p>\n<p>Good Spirits Folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everybody, So for those of you who live in most of the country, winter started many weeks ago. \u00a0The blistering cold, the heavy winds, the snow, etc. But for those of us who call Southern California home, this is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/weekly-booze-review-two-winter-is-here\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"GMS2_ReadMore\">Read More<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[432,936,958,957,959],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirits","tag-alcohol","tag-beer","tag-telegraph-brewing-company","tag-winter","tag-winter-ale"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Booze Review Two - Winter is Here! 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