Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse)

Commercial Brewery in Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 22 Venues

Established in 1777

Contact
The Brewery, Bournemouth Road, Blandford St Mary, DT11 9LS, England
Subsidiaries
Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse) owns 1 brewery:
Description
The process of brewing beer hasn’t changed much since we started back in 1777. And neither has our unique approach to crafting characterful beer. But our equipment most certainly has.

Our state-of-the-art, independent, family-owned brewery now stands proudly alongside our old brewery on the banks of the River Stour in Blandford, Dorset. Using the finest ingredients and over 240 years of expertise, our brewers create beer that brims with flavour.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours black with a pale tan head.
Nose shows coffee liqueur, roasted malt and caramel.
Flavours include coffee, chocolate, roasted malt and caramel.
Tried on 06 Dec 2025 at 09:37

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Bottle generously donated by my old mate Paul who probably got it from Lewisham Tescos. Cherry & strawberry jam nose. Cherry drops taste. Sweet with a light bitter edge.
Tried from Bottle from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 01 Dec 2025 at 22:32

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Utseende: Gyllen.
Lukt: Humle, malt.
Smak: Humle, malt.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum.
Medium: Rating:8-4-4-4-4=4.5, Bottle@500ml, ABV@4%, Når@2025.11.13.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Hopping Hare (Bottle)
Stil: BITTER - ORDINARY / BEST BITTER
Bryggeri: Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse)
Tried from Bottle from Vaaland 1889 on 13 Nov 2025 at 18:59

6.5/10
Bottle from Tesco at home. Deep chestnut brown colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet and plastic cherry. Light body.
Tried from Bottle from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 30 Oct 2025 at 19:36

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Half from the cask at Goffs Manor, Crawley. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, hops & biscuit malt. Moderate body. Sweet light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 19 Oct 2025 at 11:00

7/10
Linnaseline, magus, mõru, puuviljane. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2025 at 16:00

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
500ml bottle from Waitrose, in Bath, England. Pours a crystal clear orange-bronze color with a thick beige head and excellent retention. Great lacing too. Light hoppy aroma. Mellow caramel malt flavor with very faint hoppy notes in the finish. Sweeter and more flavorful than any bitters I had on tap in England. A nice, mellow, flavorful, easy drinking beer. Medium body. Low carbonation. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 12 Sep 2025 at 22:25

7.6/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Very nice overall. Nice toasted bready malts, a little toffee, faint British yeast, impressions of cherry/semi-dark fruits. Well balanced and highly drinkable label.
Tried from Bottle from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 10 Sep 2025 at 17:32

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#35. Having this one with lunch at St. Catherine's Oratory. Quite rich with the fruit despite it not being too stated. Aroma of cherry too. Nice, but hard to decide if I'd want a second one of these or not.
Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 08 Sep 2025 at 16:35

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Tesco, Brooklands. Opaque chestnut. Thick frothy beige head. Aroma has a tang of berries sharpness alongside a syrupy berry sweetness and equally swret caramel. Flavourwise it has tart berries over chewy caramel malts. Some cherry sweetness in the mix too, but not as intrusive as per the aroma. Hiwever, Inthen drink on and the sweetness.does gain prevalence. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Alright but too reminiscent of artificial flavourings and sweetners.
Tried from Bottle from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 30 Aug 2025 at 15:30