Why we picked it: Received a 94 out of 100 rating from Total Wine.
About Boddington's Pub Ale: Boddingtons has been enjoyed by beer drinkers in England for more than 200 years, and is well known for its creamy head and smooth body. It is now sold in over 30 countries worldwide and can be drunk on tap in places as far afield as New Zealand and Hong Kong.
ABV: 4.7%
Case Cost: $40
After several less than stellar days as part of this group (no posts), I am back (albeit briefly). I decided to crack open the beer before noon (why not). Surprised by how smooth it is. I'm also surprised that there is something that rattles in my beer can, new to me, but by design :) Anyhow, I give this beer high ratings. Now, I'm off to the airport and 5 days away from home. I'll do my best to recreate the days while I'm away.
ReplyDeleteHey everybody, stop posting as anonymous!! It takes all the fun out of it if we don't know who you are. If you don't have a Google account, select Name/URL from the profile options.
ReplyDeletethe weird creamy mouth feel of this beer makes me want to scrub my mouth out with steel wool. fortunately i've had this enough times to know not to bother opening it. Will add to holiday care package we're making for the bum who frequently camps out down the street. You can each write off 1/23 of it.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to slug tomorrow's beer at 12:01. The reinheitsgebot pretty much guarantees it won't suck. Even if you don't like the Bit have one on tap in germany, it is good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI think I've figured out what it is about Boddington's. It looks like a Guinness can, it has the widget like a Guinness can, it has the head like a Guinness, but it's just not a Guinness. I've never been a fan and trust me, I've tried many a time. This specific Boddington's started badly when I opened the can. Now with a Guinness can, you've got a couple of seconds to grab the pint glass and pour it in. Not with this guy. It instantly started spewing foam and it was all I could do to grab a pint glass, but I definitely lost a good half ounce in the box of Clementine's. Now if this had been a Guinness, you'd be damn sure I'd be licking those Clementine's. Not with Boddington's. I used a paper towel.
ReplyDeleteThe Boddington's experience was so disturbing that I started putting unnecessary apostrophes in the middle of clementines. Stupid Boddington's.
ReplyDeleteThis beer is very smooth. It is definitely the prettiest beer I have had so far. When I watched the hops settle, the glass changed from a white gold, to a brown gold, to an amber ale, perfectly filling the glass to the top. I got chills down my spine as I imagined the alcohol flow through my blood stream. A perfect compliment to the skull splitter. I can imagine that it mixes extremely well, much like a snakebite (guiness and cider), a black and tan, or a blue castle.
ReplyDeleteCan everyone please stop posting as Katy?
ReplyDeleteIt is getting extremely frustrating. I will take my back hand to that broad next time I see her.
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Excellent beer and solid choice on this one. When I am looking for a change of pace from Guinness, this is one of my go to beers besides Mille Lite and Fat Tire.
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A good beer, as always. Rating: 8.5
ReplyDeleteBoddington's clearly didn't get the memo that an ale has to taste terrible. While it's not great, it's not altogether bad, either. Best beer so far. Of course, this is coming from the guy who calls Miller Lite, the World's Greatest Beer (WGB). So beer snobs, discount my rating accordingly.
ReplyDeleteI expected something much more from this beer. Much like Bill, when I opened mine it went all over my pizza. I also used a paper towel and didn't even bother finishing the beer. I Could drink this if there were no other choices but I wouldn't order it on my own. 6 out of 10, C-.
ReplyDeleteThis beer wasn't as creamy as I thought it was going to be, but I still didn't like it too much. Didn't finish it either. Hey anonymous, you smartass, if you were trying to annoy me you have succeeded.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was going to be heavier beer given that I had to let it settle before drinking but was surprised at how light it was. Overall, I enjoyed this beer and could see me having a few of these.
ReplyDeleteKaty, I second that. Anonymous is really starting to bother me.
ReplyDeleteas one of the original anonymoi, the imposters are really starting to grind my gears.
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I had sort of high hopes when I went to crack this beer open. I popped the top as I was retrieving a pint glass from the cabinet. Noticing the rapidly rising foam, I expedite the retrieval process, only to knock a 2nd pint glass out of the cabinet from a 4 foot height. Foam is rising from the can, glass 1 in hand, wifes purse below, glass 2 tumbling towards its imminent doom.
ReplyDeleteI have a choice. Save glass #2 or spill beer everywhere. I of course opt for both options. I flounder for tumbling glass 2 while simultaneously pouring can into glass #1. This goes as well as you can expect. I whiff on glass 2, pour beer onto the floor, and then try the tried and true method of saving falling object with ones foot.
Naturally I whiff altogether with my foot and I subsequently brace for shattered glass everywhere while pouring what appears to be a 20 oz pint into a pint glass. But lo and behold the pint glass hits the hardwood floors and survives. I will forever refer to this glass as ironside.
As for the beer, I thought it tasted a little flat, though in all likelihood this was due to the aforementioned events. But I did enjoy it. Very smooth and light and I drank it in ~97 seconds. Not sure why.
I think I was just glad not to be tasting an 11.2 ounce 22% ABV chocolate frosted sugar bomb that has been excoriated by anonymous1, anonymous2 and john doe.
Needless to say - high ratings. Grade: DUI
Funny after reading everyone's posts, mine are very similiar. I don't know why but I had high hopes with this beer especially after reading the instructions on the can and the rattle inside the can. However the beer tasted like Miller Lite (probably why Brad liked this one the most so far) and it also tasted flat (I figured I poured it wrong or my stupid rattle thing was broken). The head was not as creamy as the others we have had so far so that was disappointing as well. Would not spend the money on this and instead get a Miller lite; they are the same flat light tasting beer in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteRating 4 out of 10
I've had this beer before and still like it, definitely one of the best so far.
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