Hard Graf
Little Earth Project in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴
Cider - Graff Regular|
Score
6.56
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Our family have been making cider for over 30 years & its influence is found in everything we do - right down to the cider lees we use to ferment our beers. Because of this, we've always toed the line between cider & beer. We decided it was about time we make an official blend, known as a Graf, using locally grown, organic Golden Delicious apples and a barrel of our 5 month barrel aged organic saison. The apples were pressed & the juice added to a blending tank with the saison. With the fresh yeast & sugars from the juice, the blend was left to referment for an additional 4 months leaving us with a suitably dry, tart & refreshing saison/cider blend. Perfect for long, hot summer days.
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aswespeak (5845) ticked Hard Graf from Little Earth Project 4 years ago
McCash (16021) reviewed Hard Graf from Little Earth Project 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
75cl bottle from Hoptimism. Appearance - golden and a little flatter in carbonation than expected, no head. Nose - apples, a light yeastiness but not obvious it's saison. Taste - apples and basically it tastes like cider. Less of a hint of any saison yeast than on the nose. Palate - light bodied, low carbonation, tart finish. Overall - ok but just tastes like cider.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Hard Graf from Little Earth Project 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
17th Aug 2020, monthly beer share in Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury (just four of us on this one). Cheers Mat for the 750ml bottle of this; BB Jun 2025. Misty amber body, wispy white head. Sour apples all the way, not my thing.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Hard Graf from Little Earth Project 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, August 2020. Brought by me. Lightly misty copper appearance, thin white head. Distant sour apple aroma. Taste presents a nice wild sour edge, acetic with complex wild character, distant balsamic.. not much of the original saison remaining, but no bad thing. Expected a little more apple to shine through the jagged wild elements, but a very pleasant sipper overall. Nice that the contents stayed in the bottle on opening this time.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Hard Graf from Little Earth Project 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Light copper colour. No head. The last LEP Beer was supposedly the last I bought. But then this sounded really good, so I bought one. It’s like thin, vinegary cardboard juice. Lesson learned.