Review - Blandford Flyer

Beer - Blandford Flyer
Brewery - Badger
Strength - 5.1%
Type - Pale Ale

I'm a big believer in Badger, a brewer from just outside Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
In 1777 Charles Hall founded the Ansty Brewery, and it soon became a local favourite. In 1847 Hall's Great Grandson partnered with financial backer George Woodhouse, to keep the brewery alive. Woodhouse was a famous advocate for local brew, and so the company was renamed Hall and Woodhouse (and still is to this day). In 1875 the Badger logo was introduced, and became a well known trademark throughout Dorset and the South West. Because of this, when a new brewery was built in Blandford in 1900, it was named after the logo that the patrons had come to know, and so was born Badger Brewery.
The Hall family still own Hall and Woodhouse to this day, and as well as Badger Brewery they also run other local brewery's, such as King and Barnes.

Now that the history lesson is done I'll move onto the beer itself!
A smooth and refreshing EPA, the Blandford Flyer is a unique Ale. An above average Pale Ale pushes itself in a different direction to other EPA's, due to it's unique ginger flavour. Don't mistake this for alcoholic ginger beer, the Flyer still has a great ale taste, but it is complemented and improved upon by the ginger body. As you'd expect the ginger follows through to the aftertaste and continues to refresh.

Not an Ale I'd have on a night out, but one I would be extremely content with relaxing on a deck in the sun.

                                                                      GDBS - 8