Hall & Woodhouse

Hall & Woodhouse
Badger Brewery
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 1777
Headquarters Blandford St Mary, Dorset
United Kingdom
Products Beer
Owner Woodhouse family
Website hall-woodhouse.co.uk

Hall and Woodhouse is a British regional brewery founded in 1777 by Charles Hall in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England.[1] The company operates over 250 public houses 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 dates from 1847, when Charles' son and successor went into business with George Woodhouse.

In 1875, the firm's logo of a Badger was first introduced, and in 1900, when a new brewery was built to replace the original, it was named after the logo. The logo has evolved over the years.[2] The firm remains a family firm.

In 1991 the brewpub Gribble Inn was acquired. Though it was sold back to the landlord in 2005, 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. Hall & Woodhouse retained the King & Barnes chain of pubs and the rights to the brand names of the King and Barnes beers, but the brewery premises was sold to be redeveloped as housing.[3]

Beers

Tanglefoot beer

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.[4] 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

Discontinued

Images

Soft 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 to Nichols plc in 2005.[5]

References

  1. "Hall and Woodhouse - Independent Family Brewers - Hall and Woodhouse - Our Company - Heritage". www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  2. "Realbeer.com: Beer News: King & Barnes sold". www.realbeer.com. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. "Tanglefoot - The Beer". www.tanglefoot.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  4. Mesure, Susie (2005-01-22). "Vimto group toasts £5.5m deal for Panda Pops maker". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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