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Aunt Bessie’s flavoured beers are now available at Morrisons

The independent Northern Monk brewery has released a new four pack of beers, with flavours from Aunt Bessie’s, the frozen food company best known for its ready-made Yorkshire Puddings.

The most recent tastes to hit Morrisons stores are Apple Crumble and Custard Pale Ale; Roast Dinner Brown Ale; and a Sticky Toffee Pudding and Custard Porter, all of which are available from £2.50 each.

The individual beers are 330ml and 4.5 per cent alcohol, and a mixed pack of four costs £5.50.

The resounding success of the Aunt Bessie's Northern Monk Jam Roly Poly and Custard Pale Ale last year served as the inspiration for the new flavours.

Apple Crumble and Custard Pale Ale (Morrisons)

Lewis Gartland, Morrisons’ buying manager of craft beer and bottled ale, said of the launch: “We’re thrilled to again be offering customers the chance to challenge their taste buds and sample fantastic innovation with three new flavours. We are certain customers are going to love this exciting launch.”

Along with the three new flavours, The Jam Roly Poly and Custard Pale Ale will now be offered in a mixed four pack for £5.50.

The peculiar partnership between Northern Monk and Aunt Bessie’s — who both base much of their operations in Leeds — was originally founded in 2020, when the 2014-founded brewery released a Roast Dinner Brown Ale alongside the Jam Poly edition. At the time, the pair said it was an industry first, being the first brewery and food manufacturer to create and release a liquid two-course meal.

Aunt Bessie’s was founded in 1995, when its ready-made Yorkshire Puddings became available in supermarkets for the first time. The puddings were originally invented in 1974 for Butlins Holiday Camps, manufactured by Bessie’s then-parent company, the William Jackson Food Group. The name Aunt Bessie is a branding tool.

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