Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse)
Commercial Brewery
in Blandford Forum,
Dorset,
England 🏴
Associated with 22 Venues
Established in 1777
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.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A 500ml bottle, 5.7 ABV. A enjoyable, good strength fruity ruby ale. Different bottle of beer in my home No. 2022
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Thin off white on an unclear amber coloured body
Schweppes Ginger Ale aroma.
Medium to thin bodied, foamy with a cloying back.
Digestive biscuits, malt, sweet & sugary tastes with a subtle ginger finish.
Quite a bespoke beer but nice enough.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Creamy off white head on still black coloured body.
Sarsaparilla, malt & berry aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean.
Malt, liquorice, roasted & nutty tastes with a bitter hop finish.
Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Foamy white head on an unclear pale amber coloured body.
Biscuit & Bready aroma
Medium bodied, soft with a sharp back & cloying aft.
Malt, cereal, crackers & grainy tastes with a tangy finish.
Decent Lager
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 4.5
From the bargain bin at Waitrose, Frimley. Opaque-hazy gols. Thick foamy head. Aroma has spice, citrus, a lager soda streak. Initial bitterness is followed by smooth but watery malts. Slightly resinous, herbal. Honey sweetness. Doughy malts. But all a tad underpowered. Light. Watery. Lifted by Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A hoppy Helles is what comes to mind. Only a tad, am mentioned before, underpowered.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sweet, spicy, herbal
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[50cl bottle from my local Waitrose.] A shiny opaque black pour with a trace of pale tan head; aroma of chocolate syrup; taste of strong sweet coffee; then a slightly drier finish with some maple syrup. Too sweet for me.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Hall & Woodhouse, Portishead. Burnished amber with a white head. A little pithy grapefruit and pine before an increasingly assertive bitterness in the finish. Crisp and clean. I'd like the flavours to shine a bit more, but nevertheless this is definitely an improvement on Badger's normal dire offerings. Not bad.