Hall & Woodhouse

Infobox Brewery
name = Hall & Woodhouse
Badger Brewery


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location = Badger Brewery Blandford St Mary Blandford Forum Dorset United Kingdom DT11 9LS Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
owner = Woodhouse family
opened = 1777
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Hall and Woodhouse is a British regional brewery founded in 1777 by Charles Hall in Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK. [cite web
url=http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/hallwoodhouse/company/heritage.asp
title=Hall and Woodhouse - Independent Family Brewers - Hall and Woodhouse - Our Company - Heritage
publisher=www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk
accessdate=2008-05-31
last=
first=] The company operates over 250 pubs in the south of England, and brews under the name Badger Brewery.

History

The brewery traces its roots to 1777, when Charles Hall founded the Ansty Brewery (Ansty being a village near Blandford). The Hall & Woodhouse partnership itself dates from 1847, when Charles' son and successor went into business with George Woodhouse.

In 1875, the "Badger" logo of the firm was introduced, and in 1900 when a new brewery was built to replace the original, it was named after the logo. The firm remains a family firm.

In 1991 the brewpub Gribble Inn was acquired. Though sold in 2005 back to the landlord, Hall & Woodhouse retained the rights to the brand name Fursty Ferret, the brewpub's most famous beer.

In 2000 the King & Barnes brewery business in Horsham was acquired. The brewery itself was sold off for housing, though Hall & Woodhouse retained the King & Barnes chain of pubs and the rights to the brand names of the King and Barnes beers. [cite web
url=http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-000812.php
title=Realbeer.com: Beer News: King & Barnes sold
publisher=www.realbeer.com
accessdate=2008-05-31
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Beers

Tanglefoot

Tanglefoot is a premium bitter, 4.9% as a cask ale, and 5% as a filtered beer in bottles and cans. According to a story presently written on the bottle, it was given its name when the Head Brewer drank "several tankards" and "fell on" a name for the beer. [cite web
url=http://www.tanglefoot.co.uk/beer/index.asp
title=Tanglefoot - The Beer
publisher=www.tanglefoot.co.uk
accessdate=2008-05-31
last=
first=] The cask version is widely available in the south of England, and a pasteurised version is available in bottles or cans in supermarkets nationally.

Fursty Ferret

"Fursty Ferret" is a 4.4% abv bitter. Originally brewed at the Gribble Inn, which was bought by Hall & Woodhouse in 1991. The pub was sold back to the landlord in 2005, with Hall & Woodhouse retaining the rights to the brand name Fursty Ferret.

Other brands

* "Blandford Fly" - a bottled ale flavoured with ginger and spices
* "England's Gold"
* "First Gold"
* "Golden Champion Ale"
* "Golden Glory" - a premium ale with floral peach and melon aroma.
* "River Cottage Stinger Organic Ale" - a beer made with stinging nettles, branded by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "River Cottage"
* "Harvester" - a low alcohol ale

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oft Drinks

The company also markets soft drinks known as Rio (formerly Rio Riva) which are canned drinks made from fruit juices and sparkling spring water.Hall and Woodhouse also used to manufacture Panda Pops, but sold the brand.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* "A Taste of Life (Hall and Woodhouse Celebrating 225 years)", David Boag and Nick Wilcox-Brown, Hall and Woodhouse (2002), ASIN B000UTOJCG

External links

* [http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/ Hall & Woodhouse]
* [http://www.badgerbrewery.com/ Badger Brewery]
* [http://www.badgerfirstgold.com/ Badger First Gold]
* [http://www.badgerdirect.com/ Badger Direct]
* [http://www.hofbrau.co.uk/ Hofbrau Lager]
* [http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/47 Quaffale]
* [http://www.ratebeer.com/Brewers/badger-(hall-&-woodhouse)/161/ RateBeer]
* [http://www.drinkrio.com/ Rio soft drinks]