Yonder Brewing and Blending Dunstans Exile

Dunstans Exile

 

Yonder Brewing and Blending in Radstock, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
6.65
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 40 Ticks: 22
Our house Belgian style pale ale is an ode to St. Dunstan, a Somerset cleric, famed for defeating the Devil with a pair of tongs. He was exiled to Belgium for provoking his King, only to return two years later when the Monarch was driven out by revolution. This beer is our demonstration of the flavours produced by combining light struck, English & European, hops, with farmed and foraged botanicals. The woody, herbal & skunked flavours of these hops, are heightened by the floral notes and spiciness of our botanical blend containing, Somerset Lavender & Scottish Juniper Berries. The base of barley & wheat are fermented with a combination of ale and wine yeasts, for a dry, yet fruity undercurrent. Dunstans Exile is inspired by the complex, yet quaffable beers of Belgian Tradition.
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft sample @ Swafff '19. Dorée paille, blanc fin. Arôme offre des notes rustiques avec un léger effet fleuri ajoutant un côté champêtre, léger épicé. Palais est léger et frais, fleuri avec un côté pissenlit, petit effet saison rustique, citron vert - myrtle et fleuri fin.
Tried from Draft on 21 May 2019 at 16:15

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Yonder Dunstans Exile (by Yonder Brewing and Blending):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

18/V/19 - on tap @ SWAFFF (Brussels), BB: n/a - (2019-761) Thanks to the Belgian Ratebeer crew and the Antwerp beer geeks for sharing today's beers!
Clear pale blond beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very floral, roses, some lavender, a bit too soapy to my liking. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: tastes like a very yeasty witbier, very floral, soft bitterness, little chemical. Aftertaste: rather unpleasant bitterness, soapy, floral, lavender, little fruity.

Tried from Draft on 18 May 2019 at 22:02

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
375ml bottle. Pours hazy gold with a large head. Aroma is straw and basil. Taste has straw and rustic notes to start. Herbal basil finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2019 at 20:48

7/10
Very drinkable, but kind of unmemorable
Tried from Draft on 13 Mar 2019 at 21:26

7/10
First beer from Yonder. A lovely, floral pale. Impressed.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2019 at 20:22

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg @ Victorian Craft Beer Cafe, Halifax. Light golden with a thinnish head and is light dry hoppy. There's some sweetness, although an inoffensive carbonation seems to subdue some of its flavour.
Tried on 04 Jan 2019 at 19:44

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
On tap at Thomas Tallis Canterbury. Slight haze no head golden. Yes Belgian esters. peach and herb flavour. not great to be honest big of rubber but of pate. not my thing.
Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2018 at 13:00

6/10
Bottle served at Christmas Party at Friends House. Pale yellow with little head. Sour, spices.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2018 at 21:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Hazy golden body with a short-lived head. No visible carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of orange, lemon and straw. Flavour of funky lemon and apple. Thin body with a watery texture. Weak fizz. It has interesting notes but I feel like it could be a bit fizzier and fuller in body.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2018 at 00:12

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours golden, nose is juniper, floral, lemon yeasty, taste is juicy lemon, floral, herbal.
Tried on 15 Nov 2018 at 06:57