Boddingtons Pub Ale | Boddingtons
Brewed by:
Boddingtons
England, United Kingdom
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Style: English Pale Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.70%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by Todd on 10-20-2001
Ratings: 2,813 | Reviews: 1,130
3/5 rDev -6%
WillieThreebiers, Jun 16, 2013
3.33/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A - Poured out cloudy at first, but quickly cleared up. An orange/golden color with a very creamy, white, one-finger head.
S - It smelled of malt and some bitter hops.
T - It tasted of caramel and vanilla. There were light bitter hops, too.
M - It was soft and creamy. A light to medium-bodied beer.
D - This is okay. I think that it is far better on tap than from a nitro can.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A - Poured out cloudy at first, but quickly cleared up. An orange/golden color with a very creamy, white, one-finger head.
S - It smelled of malt and some bitter hops.
T - It tasted of caramel and vanilla. There were light bitter hops, too.
M - It was soft and creamy. A light to medium-bodied beer.
D - This is okay. I think that it is far better on tap than from a nitro can.
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3.71/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into imperial pint glass, best before 4/2017. Pours clear orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and creamy off white head with incredible, retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense creamy lacing clings down the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of cracker, biscuit, honey, light pear/apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, biscuit, honey, light pear/apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, honey, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Light carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a nice English pale ale. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into imperial pint glass, best before 4/2017. Pours clear orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and creamy off white head with incredible, retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense creamy lacing clings down the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of cracker, biscuit, honey, light pear/apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, biscuit, honey, light pear/apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, honey, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Light carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a nice English pale ale. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
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3.18/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served in a pint glass.
Pours a golden-copper color with a pretty big white head that leaves a fair amount of lacing, though not what I would expect from a hoppy style with nitro. Nose brings a bit of diacetyl along with some mild hops and a bit of bread crust. The taste is a bit of light bread and butter. Mouthfeel is low in carbonation on a low to medium body. Drinks fairly well. Goes down smooth though there's nothing too memorable about it.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served in a pint glass.
Pours a golden-copper color with a pretty big white head that leaves a fair amount of lacing, though not what I would expect from a hoppy style with nitro. Nose brings a bit of diacetyl along with some mild hops and a bit of bread crust. The taste is a bit of light bread and butter. Mouthfeel is low in carbonation on a low to medium body. Drinks fairly well. Goes down smooth though there's nothing too memorable about it.
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3.57/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Pours with an impressive looking "cascade" effect and eventually settles to two fingers of dense, extremely creamy foam that leaves extremely thick lace. The body is crystal clear and golden amber.
S - The aroma is very grainy with a slightly sour mustiness in the background.
T - Sweet, honey like malt flavors with a bit of nondescript yeasty fruitiness. Earthy hop flavors come in on top and linger through the mild finish.
M - Smooth, medium body with low carbonation.
D - Mild and easily drinkable. It would be easy to fault this beer for being bland (and make no mistake, it is bland), but one must keep in mind that it is, as it says on the can, a pub ale. This is not meant to be pondered, but consumed casually in good company; and for that it is adequate. I have certainly had better british ales, but this does its job.
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look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Pours with an impressive looking "cascade" effect and eventually settles to two fingers of dense, extremely creamy foam that leaves extremely thick lace. The body is crystal clear and golden amber.
S - The aroma is very grainy with a slightly sour mustiness in the background.
T - Sweet, honey like malt flavors with a bit of nondescript yeasty fruitiness. Earthy hop flavors come in on top and linger through the mild finish.
M - Smooth, medium body with low carbonation.
D - Mild and easily drinkable. It would be easy to fault this beer for being bland (and make no mistake, it is bland), but one must keep in mind that it is, as it says on the can, a pub ale. This is not meant to be pondered, but consumed casually in good company; and for that it is adequate. I have certainly had better british ales, but this does its job.
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3.21/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Have had this many times either in the nitro can or nitro tap I had a few days ago at the Spring House Drafting Room.Pours a deep yellow with a very nice looking creamy head,not much smell to it somewhat metallic and a little biscuit malt but not much.The flavor is pretty bland and dry with some slight maltiness.It does not taste as good as it looks for sure.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Have had this many times either in the nitro can or nitro tap I had a few days ago at the Spring House Drafting Room.Pours a deep yellow with a very nice looking creamy head,not much smell to it somewhat metallic and a little biscuit malt but not much.The flavor is pretty bland and dry with some slight maltiness.It does not taste as good as it looks for sure.
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2.45/5 rDev -23.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
poured from can into 20oz. glass beer mug.
A. impressive, light tan creamy head extended nearly to the bottom of the glass! Head reduces to 1 finger in about 3 minutes (at least if one starts sipping before then), leaving a light amber colored ale, with bubbling still on inside surfaces of glass.
S. slightly metallic and not very attractive
T. Light with very subtle hops. Disappointing given the fine appearance, but better than the aroma indicates. Creamy head is nice while it lasts.
M. nicely effervescent; creamy.
D. see taste and smell comments.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
poured from can into 20oz. glass beer mug.
A. impressive, light tan creamy head extended nearly to the bottom of the glass! Head reduces to 1 finger in about 3 minutes (at least if one starts sipping before then), leaving a light amber colored ale, with bubbling still on inside surfaces of glass.
S. slightly metallic and not very attractive
T. Light with very subtle hops. Disappointing given the fine appearance, but better than the aroma indicates. Creamy head is nice while it lasts.
M. nicely effervescent; creamy.
D. see taste and smell comments.
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2.51/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a 1 pint can into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a bright amber, with a dense-but-thin white head that fades very slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The smell is a little weak and all Im detecting is malt and honey.
T: The taste is creamy, malty and has a honey flavor, but not much else except a slight bit of metallicness to it.
M: Smooth and crisp, but a bit watery especially as the beer warms, medium body, light carbonation, clean finish.
D: This is good session beer if youre into the taste. It goes down easy and isnt too filling, but I found the taste and kick lacking pretty significantly.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a 1 pint can into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a bright amber, with a dense-but-thin white head that fades very slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The smell is a little weak and all Im detecting is malt and honey.
T: The taste is creamy, malty and has a honey flavor, but not much else except a slight bit of metallicness to it.
M: Smooth and crisp, but a bit watery especially as the beer warms, medium body, light carbonation, clean finish.
D: This is good session beer if youre into the taste. It goes down easy and isnt too filling, but I found the taste and kick lacking pretty significantly.
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3.57/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.21/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16 oz nitro-can into a pint glass.
Pours milky with a great looking cascade of carbonation. Clears up into a clear looking honey-gold color with 1 1/2 fingers of solid, creamy brite-white head that leaves just mammouth thick lacing behind. The aroma smells of very light bread, citrus, sweetness, and floral notes.
The taste is light toasted malts, bready sweetness, citrus, and a bit of a grassy hop profile in the back. The mouthfeel is light-medium bodied with a mellow and creamy feel on the palette.
Decent. Nothing really overly stood out here except for the look, easy body, and mellow drinkibility. Not offensive by any means but unfortunately not that memorable either.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16 oz nitro-can into a pint glass.
Pours milky with a great looking cascade of carbonation. Clears up into a clear looking honey-gold color with 1 1/2 fingers of solid, creamy brite-white head that leaves just mammouth thick lacing behind. The aroma smells of very light bread, citrus, sweetness, and floral notes.
The taste is light toasted malts, bready sweetness, citrus, and a bit of a grassy hop profile in the back. The mouthfeel is light-medium bodied with a mellow and creamy feel on the palette.
Decent. Nothing really overly stood out here except for the look, easy body, and mellow drinkibility. Not offensive by any means but unfortunately not that memorable either.
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3.17/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours nice, caramel-colored, nitro-can, so after a while a fluffy dense white head settles at about one finger, great retention.
Smells of sweet malts, banana, grains, pretty toned down.
Taste of bread dough, lots of grain, banana, some faint apple and lemon, and a bit of caramel sweetness. Faint floral notes, grass, but the finish gets really metallic.
Smooth and creamy, low (to none at all) carbonation, light and easy to drink. Some lingering grains in the aftertaste, but again, coins..
A nice cream ale, some off notes in its taste.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours nice, caramel-colored, nitro-can, so after a while a fluffy dense white head settles at about one finger, great retention.
Smells of sweet malts, banana, grains, pretty toned down.
Taste of bread dough, lots of grain, banana, some faint apple and lemon, and a bit of caramel sweetness. Faint floral notes, grass, but the finish gets really metallic.
Smooth and creamy, low (to none at all) carbonation, light and easy to drink. Some lingering grains in the aftertaste, but again, coins..
A nice cream ale, some off notes in its taste.
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3.21/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, light amber body with a thick, creamy white head.
Smell: Faint aroma of shaving lather and floral hops.
Taste: Weak, almost non-existent malt character with a very faint honey-esque sweetness. Metallic hints. Mild bitterness that's gone for the dry finish. Like water, it is!
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Mild carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel. Somewhat watery.
Drinkability: If you're looking for an extreme taste sensation, then you'll be sorely disappointed. If you're looking for a relatively low-alcohol, smooth, easy-drinking beer, then this'll do in a pinch. Unfortunately, I prefer the former.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, light amber body with a thick, creamy white head.
Smell: Faint aroma of shaving lather and floral hops.
Taste: Weak, almost non-existent malt character with a very faint honey-esque sweetness. Metallic hints. Mild bitterness that's gone for the dry finish. Like water, it is!
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Mild carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel. Somewhat watery.
Drinkability: If you're looking for an extreme taste sensation, then you'll be sorely disappointed. If you're looking for a relatively low-alcohol, smooth, easy-drinking beer, then this'll do in a pinch. Unfortunately, I prefer the former.
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2.28/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Unlike other nitro cans, the head on this one began forming as soon as I popped the tab. Good thing I was paying attention because the foam shot out the top and very nearly made a mess of my desktop. Standard nitro pub ale appearance with a cascading 'inverse head'. The beer is bright gold with a healthy dose of orange and the head is a densely creamy disk of dark cream.
The nose is shy to the point of anthropophobia. It's a little pale malty with grainy undertones, but I don't have much to go on. The beer has a strange, almost chemical-like flavor. It starts off grainy with a modest amount of hop bitterness, but then quickly morphs into an unpleasantness that resembles dandelions sprayed with weed killer (although I've never tasted either, alone or in combination).
Really though, it isn't quite as bad as all that. I am able to drink it without wincing, spitting or regurgitating. The mouthfeel is watery in the extreme. The nitro attempts to salvage some degree of smooth creaminess--and does to a certain extent--but the thin, watery makeup is just too much to overcome.
I've had good nitro pub ales and I've had bad nitro pub ales. Count Boddingtons Pub Ale as one of the latter. Thumbs down.
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look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Unlike other nitro cans, the head on this one began forming as soon as I popped the tab. Good thing I was paying attention because the foam shot out the top and very nearly made a mess of my desktop. Standard nitro pub ale appearance with a cascading 'inverse head'. The beer is bright gold with a healthy dose of orange and the head is a densely creamy disk of dark cream.
The nose is shy to the point of anthropophobia. It's a little pale malty with grainy undertones, but I don't have much to go on. The beer has a strange, almost chemical-like flavor. It starts off grainy with a modest amount of hop bitterness, but then quickly morphs into an unpleasantness that resembles dandelions sprayed with weed killer (although I've never tasted either, alone or in combination).
Really though, it isn't quite as bad as all that. I am able to drink it without wincing, spitting or regurgitating. The mouthfeel is watery in the extreme. The nitro attempts to salvage some degree of smooth creaminess--and does to a certain extent--but the thin, watery makeup is just too much to overcome.
I've had good nitro pub ales and I've had bad nitro pub ales. Count Boddingtons Pub Ale as one of the latter. Thumbs down.
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4.03/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dusty golden in color; awesome tight bubbled head (two fingers thick) leaving very fine lace.
Mostly malty, frothy aroma. I detect almost a "freezer" smell. The flavor starts with hop, contrary to the aroma. Although this is a subtler hop bite than some English bitters, it is still there as a soft spoken statement. The malt richness comes forth while hold the liquid in my mouth. After swallowing, the hop bitterness returns but softly. The mouthfeel is similar to whole milk; the carbonation is low, but appropriate.
A nice mild bitter, or is this a hoppy mild? Either way it is a very pleasant beer to have.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dusty golden in color; awesome tight bubbled head (two fingers thick) leaving very fine lace.
Mostly malty, frothy aroma. I detect almost a "freezer" smell. The flavor starts with hop, contrary to the aroma. Although this is a subtler hop bite than some English bitters, it is still there as a soft spoken statement. The malt richness comes forth while hold the liquid in my mouth. After swallowing, the hop bitterness returns but softly. The mouthfeel is similar to whole milk; the carbonation is low, but appropriate.
A nice mild bitter, or is this a hoppy mild? Either way it is a very pleasant beer to have.
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2.86/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is my first nitro-can expirience. Boddingtons Pub Ale is light copper in color with a super-creamy nitro induced head. The head never disappates and leaves thick lacings around the inside of my glass. The aroma is very light. Smell is fairly similar to American macros, just a little more clean. The taste is very bland, no real malt or hop character. Also this is a little too dry, especially since there isn't enough flavor to go around. The mouthfeel is creamy which adds some drinkability. This isn't something I'll pick up again and I wasn't impressed with the nitro can.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is my first nitro-can expirience. Boddingtons Pub Ale is light copper in color with a super-creamy nitro induced head. The head never disappates and leaves thick lacings around the inside of my glass. The aroma is very light. Smell is fairly similar to American macros, just a little more clean. The taste is very bland, no real malt or hop character. Also this is a little too dry, especially since there isn't enough flavor to go around. The mouthfeel is creamy which adds some drinkability. This isn't something I'll pick up again and I wasn't impressed with the nitro can.
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2.77/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Somewhat of a gusher of a can when first opened, clarity and head is great. Clean floral and mildly estery aroma and flavour. Thin malt with one simple flavour throughout. Flavours are flat and seem not to meld together well in an odd processed way. This is not my can of beer.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Somewhat of a gusher of a can when first opened, clarity and head is great. Clean floral and mildly estery aroma and flavour. Thin malt with one simple flavour throughout. Flavours are flat and seem not to meld together well in an odd processed way. This is not my can of beer.
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Boddingtons Pub Ale from Boddingtons
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