Tanglefoot

The fellows of Badger Brewery do come up with some interesting names. Tanglefoot is probably my favourite next to fursty ferret for amusing ale names from these people. You know a beer is going to be good when it is named from someone stumbling helplessly from a good session on the said beer. But what is it like? Lightly golden, with a dry hoppy aroma, Tanglefoot has been one of my favourites since trying it a couple of years ago. Filled with a medium bitter taste accompanied by fruity and somewhat biscuity overtones, Tanglefoot is one of those ales I could drink over and over again. Drawn from keg it is simply devine. The bottle version still ...  Read the complete review

I love a beer with a good story behind it, so when I read the back label of this bottle, the little story there tempted me into buying it . 'Many years ago, the Head Brewer, John Woodhouse, invited his staff to sample his latest creation. On rising to go, he experienced a sudden loss of steering, and so unwettingly fell upon a name for this legendary ale.' I took this to mean that the beer was so good that he got wrecked at the sampling session and fell over - anf if a beers that tasty, it's got to be tried! Tanglefoot Ale is brewed at the Badger Brewery in Blandford St Mary, Dorset by Hall & Woodhouse Limited. Apparently, there are ...  Read the complete review

Tanglefoot has to be my favourite ale. I think the story of how it got its name really made me warm to it. For ale drinkers, this is not that bitter but it does seem to appeal to the female palate. A few of my female friends have tried it and like it. My advice is to buy the bottled version as the cans don’t seem to hold the flavour quite as well. Tanglefoot is quite nice as a summer drink but even nicer in the winter snuggled up by the fire. It's name is quite and interesting story. The head brewer had made this wonderful new ale but had no name. He took a couple of barrels to his staf and they sat down drinking, trying to think of a name. When he rose to ...  Read the complete review

I can identify with the person who named this beer! The story goes that the Head Brewer (John Woodhouse), of the Badger Brewery, invited his staff to try his new beer. He also asked them to come up with a name for it. After the tasting session the Head Brewer got up and, illustrating how much they had consumed, he couldn't control his legs. Consequently, his feet got all tangled up in each other, rather like he was wearing big clown's shoes (hence the title of this opinion). He fell over, and a legend was born! Tanglefoot Ale is produced at the Badger Brewery in Blandford St Mary, Dorset by Hall & Woodhouse Limited. It is so called, because the badger is ...  Read the complete review