Boddingtons Pub Ale (Can)

Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK)
Style: Bitter
Preston, England

Serve in English pint

Rich amber/cider color; Light to medium creamy body; Aroma of malt, some yeast, caramel, & hops; Flavor of slight sweet malt, caramel, hops, nuts, and fruit; Overall, a bit watery - decent at best.

Pint can. I can’t believe I hadn’t gotten to this beer, it’s such a harbinger of a certain type of graduate students. Poured this into a plastic mug and got the full experience. Creamy dark golden, with lots of nitro-head. Flavors are sweet, general, and malty. I’d take more hops from my bitter and some more base malt complexity, but whatever, this is the most generic example of the style, but this can was fresh, super-drinkable, and reasonable, so I don’t mind.

Very good beer. Kinda light in flavor and color, but it has a great smoothness, and it just goes down really easy. Has the same texture as Guinness.

Dark golden with a creamy white head - malty aroma - nice malty taste along with some hop bitterness - ok beer

Pours out deep gold with Guinness-like carbonation, smells and tastes of a typical pale ale but the carbonation makes it so smooth it goes down like water. This is something you can pound on a hot day.

On tap at Jillian’s in SF. Clear, copper-yellow with a thick head that lasts until the last sip. Nothing noteworthy about this beer, but it did help wash down my burger.

Pours up nice and thick from a can, but lighter from a tap. Light aroma and a bit spicy.

Ah, the old English pint, makes me feel important, as if I was a part of history.