Yonder Brewing

With are very excited to have the first bottle releases from the fantastic Yonder Brewing and Blending. Matt H sampled the first kegs at Independent Manchester Beer Convention in October.

Based out of Mendip Hills, Somerset, Yonder are around an hour from Bristol and about 20 mins from fellow wild yeast enthusiasts Wild Beer Co.

Yonder are turning heads with some incredibly complex and exciting beers, based on a mantra of exploring fermentation, foraging and flavour.

Producing beers akin to traditional Belgian styles, spontaneously fermenting with the naturally occurring microbes of the area. See our Lambic blog for more details on the style and spontaneous fermentation. 

Dunstans Exile

Named after St Dunstan, a Somerset cleric who was exiled to Belgium

This 5.5% Belgian pale is built on barley and wheat fermented with both ale and wine yeasts. Combined with English and European Hops, Somerset Lavender and Scottish Juniper,

Dunstan’s Exile is dry, fruity and complex. 

Bees and Things and Flowers

A true celebration of foraging, this beer is a combination of honey, chamomile, meadowsweet, lavender, yarrow and pineapple weed. Balanced and tart, the 4.9% golden honey wit bier’s first batch was so popular that despite this being a summer beer Yonder felt they had to release it now. 

Loop – Autumn

The first of the seasonal series, Loop’s base beer is spontaneously fermented using spilt flour and local micro organisms. It is then aged in oak and blended with fruit and herbs, changing each season. A small portion of the brew will be used to ferment the next seasons instalment. 

Autumns Loop includes Victoria Plums, Damsons and Wild Thyme.

Fermhouse 

Fermhouse is simple and effective. A 3.8% golden ale fermented with Norwegian Farmhouse yeast and local mixed cultures. Brewed to be clean and tart, complexity will develop over time giving easy drinkability with real depth of flavour.