Boddingtons Draught Bitter (Can)

Brewed by Magor (InBev UK)
Style: Bitter
Caldicot, Wales

Serve in English pint

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Bland in extremis . Lager colour . Very thin mouthfeel . This has almost no flavour whatsoever . A shocker .

Absolutely awful pale bitter, a crying shame compared to the relatively decent beer that used to be Boddingtons. Mass brewing gone mad. I think I'm going to be sick

Can draught. Creamy head from the widget. The aroma was a bad start sharp and chemically. The body was thin sour and sharp not at all pleasant and I am sure worst than it used to be. No wonder it is not selling well and the brewery is closing. Poor quality.

[Can from ASDA] almost no aroma, what is there i suppose is sweet and malty. body is creamy but watery, finish is almost non existent but there is a little bitterness there.

Faint aroma of beer. Barely any flavour. Somewhat of a creamy texture. Not very interesting at all.

This was my fist and only bitter that was sampled while in the UK... I was not too fond of this beer (mabye I am not used to bbitters) funky sour taste mixed with wate, but nice fluffy white head that remained throught, I did not even finish this beer.

Canned. Like real beer, only with all the beer taste and texture taken out. Slippery head (creamy? more like oily yoghurt), insipid taste, dull colour, no bitterness, no refreshment, no point.

Too creamy, leaves an unpleasant after taste

I notice that the version exported to America has a higher abv. The whole point of a session beer is that it is low in alcohol so that a lot can be drunk. It should be soft in body and flavour so that it doesn’t intrude on the pub or party atmosphere and conversation. Boddy’s certainly scores on that count. Unobtrusive to the point that it slips down completely un-noticed. Did I have a beer, or did I just inhale wet air? They’ve been brewing this stuff in Manchester for over 200 years, but no one noticed until Worthington bought the brewery and started promoting the beer nationwide. There are genuine beer-loving people (mostly those from the Northern part of England, where they have developed a taste for soft, creamy beers with large frothy heads) who hold a fondness for the cask (not keg) version of this beer. Now under Interbrew’s control, the future of the cask version is constantly in doubt and is not often seen in pubs. However, the canned and kegged versions are all over Britain like a rash, and are spreading like some insidious, silent disease all over the planet. I’m in somebody’s house - ’Would you like a drink?’ I’m asked. ’A beer would be nice,’ I reply. A can of Boddy is produced and thrust into my hand. My smile of gratitude is very thin indeed. It’s a bit gorgeous? I think not!

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