The Burden of Being Wonderful

The Burden of Being Wonderful is a Belgian ale brewed at commercial scale by Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. of Castle Rock, Colorado, from a homebrewer's award-winning recipe.

Award

Specs

Brewery Description

Notes of honey, bubblegum, white pepper, and citrus peel in a very dry and moderately hopped Belgian Single.

Source: Commercial beer listing

Tasting Notes

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Ingredients

No ingredients are published for the commercial batch. Sensory references to honey, pepper and citrus in its description do not establish recipe additions.

Hop Profile

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Brewing Details

Style Context

As competition context only, the GABF Pro-Am page describes the Pro-Am as "an opportunity for commercial breweries to team up with homebrewers," with entries based on homebrew recipes that have won an award in competition and judged by the main GABF panel. Pro-Am medals are separate from the main competition and set no single style, so no style guideline applies.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. is in Castle Rock, CO.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.

Related

• Brewery: Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co.

Links

• Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co.
• Wild Blue Yonder: drink menu
• GABF Pro-Am page
• Commercial beer listing
• Homebrew competition results
• Earlier homebrew recipe

Gaps

• Not Found: Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked bierederock.com, brewlog.geoffhumphrey.com, untappd.com, greatamericanbeerfestival.com, wildblueyonderbrewing.com, wildblueyonderbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

• Field pass 2026-10-13: The already verified brewery drink page names this beer in its medal announcement, but no dedicated beer or tap-list page was found; beer url remains null. No commercial hop recipe was verified; the earlier homebrew recipe remains excluded.
• Second pass 2026-10-13: Found a brewery-specific commercial listing with ABV, IBU and a Belgian Single description. Bière de Rock confirms the homebrewer's selection for Wild Blue Yonder. The 2025 homebrew recipe reports 5.6% ABV and 43.4 IBU, but it is an earlier homebrew batch; its ingredients are not transferred to the commercial beer.
• The brewery's home page confirms the 2026 GABF Pro-Am gold and the Belgian Ale label; this is the medal announcement.
• The drink menu shows the same news item but no ABV, IBU or ingredients; the brewery has no individual beer pages.
• The brewery page does not name the homebrewer; the name comes from the official winners list.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery menu names the Pro-Am medal only; the description on file comes from Untappd.