Boddingtons Pub Ale

Aroma is slightly spicy with a little sweetness. Gold orange with a one finger velvetty head. Flavor was pretty crisp hops, pepper, and pine Smooth and creamy. Yeah!

On tap at the Draught house. White rich creamy lasting head like a squirt of shaving cream. Lightly sweet floral, honey and alcohol aroma. Extremely smooth creamy mouthfeel, very lightly carbonated. Slighty sweet aftertaste with a twinge of bitterness and alcohol. Decent, but it could use just a tad more carbonation, but I understand this is the style of the beer. Not bad, but not something I crave.

On tap at Hooley’s. Pours golden amber with a lasting thick creamy head. Bready aroma, and crisp flavors with a silky mouthful. O.K.

Can poured a clear gold color with a nice creamy white head. Nothing stands out in the aroma. Taste was smooth with no bitterness or malt flavor at all. Easy to drink yet really lifeless.

Pours gold with creamy top. Little aroma but flavorful. Not too heavy but some immediate after taste. This one is fairly easy to come by in my area and it is reasonably priced in the $6.50 per four-pack range.

Boddingtons Pub Ale Pint draught can Moderate pour in an English pint Recent brewing, buzzed over 05/07. Poured a clear gold with a huge frothy white somewhat diminishing head. Smelt of moderate sweet bread, honey and light grass Taste was upfront moderate sweet banana bread and honey and light bitter grass followed by a strong bitter grass and light to moderate honey on a short to average finish. Palate was light to medium bodied, creamy, softly carbonated and lightly astringent and metallic. Overall, a personal favorite, especially on draft. The can has a more disappointing feel, you just don’t get the same full head. It’s really hard to pour into a pint glass immediately after opening. Minus points for that. On tap it’s a different story though. Flavor is satisfyingly crisp and green, and mouthfeel is caresssing.

Nitro can. Pours very creamy, the whole cascade effect, and settles on a slightly hazy gold with a large lasting creamy white head. Aroma is sweet, almost sugary along with some fruit (mainly banana), nuts, burnt wheat and faint hops. Watery flavour of sweet malt, light hops, nuts, sugar and a light bitter finish. Light bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Meh. Everyone knows Boddigntons, it is what it is and when there’s nothing better this is a pretty inoffensive beer to down.

Rated 6/17/06: Poured from the can with the widget into a tall glass. Beautiful cascade effect that soon settled to a crisp golden light amber ale with a full head and minimal lacing. Aroma is a faint mixture of light malt with some sweetness perhaps from honey. There is a bread like quality with the aroma, pleasant just needs to be stronger. Mouthfeel is very watery and slightly thin, although the finish is decent which keeps this category from tanking. Flavor is OK but really lacks especially in the malt department. Slightly bitter to the tongue there is that watery aspect again that really makes this ale fall way short. Glad I only bought a single can.