Boddingtons Pub Ale

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

I’ve had the pint cans as well as from the tap in Philadelphia. Genuinely as good in the can as it is on tap. Rich, creamy, perfect head. Good, clear taste and golden color. I drink it weekly down the corner pub.

English Pint size can..with a widget. Pours a clear amber with a nice compact nitro filled head. Nose is plesant and quite clean, almost like a Pils, and with some subtle floral aroma and a tiny bit of fruitiness. Taste is a bit bready, and hoppier than i expected. Some muted earthy/spicy hops in the finish. A bit metallic in the aftertaste. I don’t think the nitro works as well for this style as it does a stout, but this is an easy drinking sessionable beer.

I think from the tap this would be a winner, but the can just doesn’t cut it. Fantastic looking beer that generates a big long lasting white head. Bitter of course but not at all overboard. Pretty well balanced. Hops in this seemed more prevalent.

Pours with weak head. I expected widget inspired head, but it wasn’t there. Appears a bit darker than a mega beer. The flavor is acceptable, but weak. Some bitterness as expected, with a slightly friuity character. An average beer with slightly weaker body than expected.

Creamy, medium to light body in my opinion. Earthy grass hop flavor. Great lacing that hang around forever. Amber rust-gold color with thick white head. It’s a beer I’ve certainly had before, and will drink again. It’s not the finest or most interesting beer, but is very satisfying, particularly with food.

Light flowery bouquet forma gold body with a huge nitrogen head. Not much to the flavor however, crisp light hop bitterness and light earthy hop flavor with a touch of honey on the end. Medium to heavy mouth feel thanks to the low real ale style carbonation.

This was bad. I don’t know if it is my American taste buds, but there was no redeeming quality about this beer other than it looked like it should be good. It wasn’t. Flat, tasteless and lifeless.

I opened my first can of this stuff at the same time I opened a bud for the wife. I took one sip and tried to get her to swap beers. She took a sip and said it tasted like water. I took a sip of her Bud to confirm that it really was less flavorful than the Bud! The mouth feel is nil. Pathetic - unfortunate cuz I would like to find a decent beer in a can.