Founded by Charles Hall in 1777, Hall and Woodhouse is an independent family brewer, today run by the fifth generation of the Woodhouse family. The badger logo was adopted in 1875, making it one of the oldest trademarks on record. The company moved from Ansty to its present site at Blandford St Mary in Dorset in 1900 and a new brewery is planned on the current site.
Many would argue that the Gribble Inn at Oving is one of the most attractive pubs in the county of Dorset. For many years it was just a private cottage lived in by a Miss Rose Gribble but in 1980 a local farmer was granted a licence and the inn opened as a free house. It was acquired by Hall and Woodhouse in 1987.
Fursty Ferret was originally brewed at the Gribble Inn, where it proved hugely popular, with demand hugely exceeding supply and the capability of the microbrewery. It is now brewed by Hall and Woodhouse and has become a favourite seasonal cask ale and is one of the best selling bottled ales in UK supermarkets today. The original recipe was researched and updated to meet the expressed needs of the modern day bottled ale consumer.
When in decades past the idyllic country home of Miss Rose Gribble became a local inn, legend has it that the local ferrets frequented the pub's back door on a mission to sample the its own reputed brew. In their honour, it was named Fursty Ferret and it is now brewed in much greater quantities so that beer drinkers across the UK can enjoy the celebrated ale that still eludes the ferrets of Gribble.
Fursty Ferret is a crisp, well balanced premium ale with a malty palate and and a noticeably hoppy aroma. It is a tawny amber ale. The delicate spicy hop aroma has hints of Seville oranges and the sweet, nutty palate has a good sweet bitter balance.
The label tells us that the beer contains malted barley, wheat and sulphites. ABV is 4.4% and it is not bottle conditioned.
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