Yonder Lemon Meringue Sour

The Mendip Hills are not the first place most people imagine when thinking about modern mixed-fermentation beer. Yonder have spent years proving that assumption wrong.

Founded by Stuart Winstone and Jasper Tupman after both worked at Wild Beer Co, the Somerset brewery built its reputation around farmhouse-inspired brewing, mixed cultures and locally foraged ingredients. Wild herbs, fruit and seasonal produce regularly find their way into the beers, helping create something that feels genuinely tied to the surrounding landscape.

The range covers sours, stouts, lagers and pale ales, though the brewery is perhaps best known for its inventive fruited releases. Raspberry Gose, cheesecake-inspired sours and other flavour-packed beers appear regularly, often sounding slightly ridiculous on paper before turning out remarkably drinkable in reality.

What keeps Yonder interesting is that experimentation never feels forced. There is plenty of creativity, but it remains grounded in brewing technique and a clear sense of place.

Somerset has become one of Britain’s most exciting regions for mixed-fermentation beer. Yonder remains one of the breweries most responsible for that reputation.