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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Founded | 1777 |
| Headquarters | Blandford St Mary, Dorset United Kingdom |
| Products | Beer |
| Owner | Woodhouse family |
| Website | www |
Hall and Woodhouse is a British regional brewery founded in 1777 by Charles Hall in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The company operates over 180 public houses in the south of England, and brews under the name Badger Beers.
The brewery traces its roots to 1777, when Charles Hall founded the Ansty Brewery in Ansty, Dorset. [1] The Hall & Woodhouse partnership dates from 1847, when Charles' son and successor went into business with George Woodhouse, who had earlier been employed as head brewer. [1]
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 business.
In 2000 the King and Barnes brewery business in Horsham was acquired. Hall & Woodhouse retained the King and Barnes chain of pubs and the rights to the brand names of the King and Barnes beers, but the brewery premises were sold. [3]
The company operates over 180 public houses in the south of England.[ citation needed ]
Blandford Fly (formerly Blandford Flyer) is a 5.2% dark bottled ale flavoured with ginger and spices.
Cranborne Poacher (formerly Poacher's Choice) is a 5.7% bottled ruby ale with strong flavours of damsons and liquorice.
Fursty Ferret is an amber ale, 4.1% as a cask ale, and 4.4% as a filtered beer in bottles and cans. It was 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.
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The company also markets soft drinks known as Rio. [5] In 1957 Hall and Woodhouse started manufacturing soft drinks, from 1974 under the Panda Pops [6] brand, but closed the plant and sold the brand to Nichols plc in 2005, [7] citing its key competitors as having the strategic advantage of lower production costs through greater scale, lower wage costs, better geographical location and more efficient and up-to-date plant.
In October 2023, it was announced Rio had been acquired from Hall and Woodhouse by British soft drink manufacturer, A.G. Barr for £12.3 million. [8]
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