Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse) Firkin Fox

Firkin Fox

 

Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse) in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.16
ABV: 4.6% IBU: - Ticks: 30
Inspired by the cunning countryside fox, this moreish auburn ale combines the biscuity and aromatic qualities of our speciality malts with the citrus hop charge of Celeia and Cascade hops. A refreshing beer ideal with spicy Mexican dishes. We’ve been brewing in the heart of Dorset since 1777.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2017 - 500ml bottle, pours dark amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of biscuit, caramel, citrus, cereal, grain & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2025 at 08:05


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle in England. Aroma is light toffee malt, lots of caramel, a bit butty, hint of apples. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a lightly bitter finish. Body is light to medium. Promises fruity Cascade, it doesn’t deliver upon that promise at all. This is all caramel malt.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:41


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled@Beer Hunters, Pori. Copper colour, small white head Aroma is nutty, some citrus and acidic tones. Flavour is fruity, some nutty, floral and wooden tones with a mild bitterness to it.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2023 at 19:16



6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

2016 catch up - Bottle at home from Tesco - A good bitter. Well made, with some extra dimensions of malt and hops. It was a very pleasant drink with a nice biscuit flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2017 at 10:28


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle in W2 - sourced from Ocado. Pours totally clear gold, lightly effervescent, with a frothy, white head. A little English yeast in the nose, light doughy bread, hints of caramel. Light sweet flavour with rounded bready malt character, more dough, hints of citrus and meringue. Light bodied with average carbonation. Alright balance on the finish, further pale and light doughy bread, white sugar, English yeast, mild bitter hay. Simple but very enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2017 at 12:55


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Pours orange brown with a medium head. Aroma is marmalade hops and caramel. Taste is orange to start with a gassy tea finish. Orange citrus aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 17:34


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle. Pours copper with small lingering head. Aroma is bitter, malts and lemon. Taste is similar, with a slightly perfumed lemon in amongst a more standard bitter flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2016 at 14:51


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle from Welfare Supermarket; clear golden amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has some citrus and sweet malts, taste has light grapefruit, some tangerine, some diacetyl, caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2016 at 11:17


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

A gift from the mother in law, chosen because she liked the name. Pours clear gold. Off white bubbly head, that retains well. Predictably sweet toffee malts and stewed hop on the nose. Taste is an unimpressive mix of sweet and bitter. It’s a bit stewed tea in a metal pot, to me. Not as bad as I might have expected. I managed all of it, at any rate. First Dorset tick, too!

Tried on 26 Dec 2015 at 10:30