YONDER'S WEIRD & WONDERFUL

Yonder Brewing has been leading the sour beer surge since 2014 in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. Beers that once upon a time would have been laughed at are now in high demand. Gone are the days of “What real ale have you got?” Instead, utterances of “As if you’ve run out of double scoop bubblegum unicorn rainbow sprinkles!” echo around the Old Conservative Building.

Instead, you’ll have to try a Maple, Banana & Blueberry Pancake Pastry Sour Beer from the Breakfast Series at 7%. A towering stack of fluffy pancakes, loaded with sweet blueberries, crowned with fresh banana slices, and finished with a generous drizzle of maple syrup. One of the favourites at Harvey Leonard’s.

But how do Yonder beers differ from a regular beer exactly?

From marshmallows to pastry, cheesecake and profiteroles, these combinations start off as a normal beer, but with the addition of fruit purée or lactose, they create layers in the flavour profile and a luxurious mouthfeel. By balancing the acidity with a not-too-overpowering sweetness, the result is an easy-drinking beer — ‘dessert in a can’, as some might say. Well…

Welcome ‘Aura’, a fruit pale ale. Completely different from the ‘cake in a can’ beers we all know and love.

A great pale ale that still holds the character of Yonder. A serious pale ale with tons of fruit — pineapple, passionfruit — generous hopping, and a lovely dry finish. Truly a beer that tastes like summer. Tropical and juicy, but not sweet. Hoppy, but without hazy overload.

Sours, pales — now finishing with stout. The range of stouts that Yonder have been bringing out is

something special. In particular, the Irish Cream Profiterole Stout. Packing a punch at 8%, from the Breakfast Menu Series… Irish cream profiteroles. A decadent stack of pillowy, golden choux buns, each bursting with luxuriously smooth Irish cream and lavishly drizzled with velvety, rich chocolate that melts with every bite.