Land & Labour

Client Brewer in Galway, County Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪

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Land & Labour is a side project from Galway Bay Brewery head brewer, Tom Delaney, focused in sour and wild beers. Their aim is to create mixed fermentation beers with Bretts and wild yeasts, without reaching a high acidity. They have created a separated environment for this side project, and imported aged foeders from Italy, France or Switzerland. It was started in 2018, and their first available references where presented in 2020.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pale blond with creamy head. Aroma is extremely funky. A bit cheesey too. Nice flavour. Bitter and funky. Citrus notes in background.
Tried on 22 Jun 2018 at 14:37

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
At brettfest. Aroma of white wine, citrus, melon, grapefruit, oak and brett. Taste has dry funk, horseblanket, oak, dry wihte wine, grapefruit and citrus. Nice.
Tried on 22 Jun 2018 at 12:28

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
At brettfest. Aroma of funk, brett, horseblanket, white grape and citrus. Taste has rich white wine, citrus, oak, funk, horseblanket and a long finish. Really good.
Tried on 22 Jun 2018 at 12:26

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at Walhalla. Hazy pale yellow with white head. Raw wheat, gooseberries, yoghurt, light lime, sour tropical fruits, Star fruit. Medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Not bad at all.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2018 at 21:25

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at Walhalla. Hazy golden with white head. Massive Brett, sweaty socks, canned peach, fresh orange, light malts, funk, hay, pineapple, light bready, light sugary, gooseberries. Just medium sweet, light bitter and soft tart finish. Medium bodied. Quite nice!
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2018 at 21:21

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft at Whalhalla, Carnivale Brettanomysis ‘18. Fairly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon, woody notes, light funk and light yeast. Flavour is light moderate sweet, sour and light bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2018 at 21:19

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Beavertown Sixth Birthday bash, 17/02/18. Hazed orange pour with a decent off white cap. Nose is pissy citric peel, damp straw, tangy fruit esters, grains. Taste comprises damp wood, lemon rind, light brett, white peppery spice trail, stale bread, oak, funky notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Ok sour but lacked a bit of complexity compared to the two other beers I had from this brewer today.
Tried on 01 Apr 2018 at 08:45

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Beavertown Sixth Birthday bash, 17/02/18. Lightly hazed golden with a well presented off white head. Nose is carries a big wave of brett, light pine, spruce, orange pith, on the turn melon, grass, airy malts. Taste comprises pine needle, sharp melon, green berry fruits, light funk, straw, pissy citric shreds, balanced brett. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with both brett and earthy hop bitterness shining through at the curtain closed. Solid stuff ... good balance.
Tried on 01 Apr 2018 at 08:42

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Beavertown Sixth Birthday bash, 17/02/18. Haze orange to gold with a decent off white covering. Nose is funk, damp straw, yeast, tangy citric peel, grains, brett dollop and light diapers. Taste comprises dried apriot, wood must, funk, barnyard esters, citric tinged straw, grains, crackers, lemon rind, balanced brett load, stale bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent funky saison with well balanced brett.
Tried on 01 Apr 2018 at 08:40