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Covid-19 has not been kind to the beer biz. But one UK brewer has resuscitated its post-pandemic finances by making a beer with each pint containing “half a Yorkie.”

Here’s the deal…

Yorkshire pudding is a common English side dish, a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water. It’s not really pudding, as Americans know pudding, it’s more like a popover.

Yorkshire pudding is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on the choice of ingredients. But one of the ways it’s not normally served is as a key component in a beer…until now.

Like so many brewers in the UK Howard Kinder, who owns the Malton Brewery in north Yorkshire, had been hit hard by the economic impact of the pandemic and close to losing everything, when he came up with an unusual idea.

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Having spotted a recipe for a traditional Yorkshire pudding painted on the side of a local building, Kinder started experimenting with what locals refer to as a “Yorkie” in his beers. And he eventually arrived at recipe that is now flying off shelves in the UK.

Made with real Yorkshire puddings, Malton Yorkshire Pudding Beer is a 3.6% ABV soft and creamy ale that has essentially save Kinder’s brewery.

Each pint of Yorkshire Pudding Beer has “half a Yorkie in it”, with the rich doughy puddings disintegrating during the brewing process, before the liquid is filtered to remove any fat.

According the Drinks Business, the brewery, which is housed in two Victorian buildings on the banks of the River Derwent, “all Yorkshire Puddings are mixed, made and hand-cooked in Yorkshire.”

And the brewery proudly bills its hot new creation as “brewed in Yorkshire, from water that fell in Yorkshire, with Yorkshire Puddings made in Yorkshire,” so this beer has 100% Yorkshire cred.

“The Yorkshire pudding essentially saved my business from going under, Kinder told The Sun. “We were so close to walking away when this came along.”

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