Land & Labour Hard Graf

Hard Graf

 

Land & Labour in Galway, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Cider - Graff Regular
Score
6.40
ABV: 5.6% IBU: 5 Ticks: 13
A blend of L&L spontaneous fermentation beer with their Armagh Apple Juice blend of 50% Lord Lambourne, 20% Laxton Superb, 20% Katy & 10% of an unknown variety. This Graf cider blend co-fermented & evolved in neutral wine barrels for 18 months.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2025 at 09:37


7

Superficial sample from Billie’s craft beer fest 2025. Unclear pale golden, small white head. Apple cider aroma. Cider and malt flavor, some kind of unusually spices (sage and Provance spices?) Sweet and sour. Interesting.

Tried on 16 Nov 2025 at 19:42


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Sampled at Billies day 1. Clear very pale golden color, no head. Aroma and flavor are like a cider tbh. Or is this a cider? Must be. Slightly on the dry side with a little bit of green apple peel. Okay. 6-6-7-7-6

Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 21:46


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle samepled at Billies. Clear golden. Very herbal, funky, soft apple peels, lavender. Over light sweet, sour and bitter. Medium bodied. Has a cider body and beer aroma. Not bad!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2025 at 16:56


6

On tap at Billie's Craft Beer Festival. Ginger, citrus, vinegar hints and apple cider. Refreshing, nice, but not really my kind of drink. 636312 251107

Tried from Draft on 07 Nov 2025 at 10:19


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Head gone after ample seconds. Looks as white wine for all the world. End of bottle solid deposit. Wormwood, pepper, apples, fennel, sage. Medium acidity, cider, sage, rosemary, again some wormwood. Bone-dry. Feels much better carbonated than it looks. Dry-out effect and some acidthinning. This is out of this world. Utterly original and tantalising. L&L keeps producing gems.

Tried from Bottle at Dr. Beer - Bar & Shop on 16 Aug 2025 at 08:58


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

0.375 l bottle from 'Etre Gourmet', best before November 2028. Hazy, pale golden with a thin, fluffy, quickly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, a little sourish, rather fruity, gently floral aroma of ripe apple, lemon, pineapple, rosemary and sage indeed. Slightly sweet, gently sour, rather fruity and moderately floral taste of ripe apple, gooseberry, lemon, white grapes, rosemary and sage, followed by a medium long, gently tart, slightly woody finish. Medium body, gently astringent and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Unique beverage, unexpectedly herbal, really fresh and fruity. Very different from the grafs I've tried so far.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2022 at 17:45


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of spiced sausage, funk. Taste is sweetish & tangy, sausage, biscuit, funk, apple, citric, floral, lemon-lime, tart. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying sausagey finish. OK, strange one.

Tried on 18 Jun 2022 at 22:13


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A clear pink gold coloured pour with no head. Aroma is tart funk, spicy galangal, ginger, bark, pink grape, horsey funk. Flavour is composed of tart spicy funk, horsey funk, lemon squeeze, spicy ginger, Palate is medium tart, tagny, highish carbonation, prickly,

Tried on 13 Jun 2022 at 20:01


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, picked up from Yards & Crafts online, 05/06/22. Light golden yellow with a decent white cap ... the final pour gives to a deeper golden orange hue with some floaty / sediment friends offered. Nose is dusty apples, caramel, hop presence, citric tinged straw, grass, herb, trace of green berry funk. Taste comprises apple orchard, light spice, toffee apple, sage, hedgerow, twist of lime, dusty hop spattering. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, light drying close. Tasty stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2022 at 18:35