Boddingtons Cask
(Batch of Boddingtons Draught Bitter)
Samlesbury in Preston, Lancashire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.95
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Cask conditioned version of this bitter boasting a distinctive golden colour. It pours with a luscious creamy head and offers a malty, moreish character with hints of caramel and toffee. The bitterness is gentle, balanced by a smooth body and finishes crisp and refreshing.
From 2025 it has been brewed under licence by J.W. Lees
From 2025 it has been brewed under licence by J.W. Lees
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 16 May 2026
at 17:55
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
The Cock
on 28 Mar 2026
at 20:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Lee's boddings ... golden amber ..thin white lacing ..soft bready floral yeast nose . .. sot bready mslts ...soft fruity yeasty finish
Tried
on 30 Nov 2025
at 14:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is banana,digestive biscuit, peach. Taste is the first two of the above. Doesn't have the bitterness of the original. Quite pleasant though.
Tried
from Cask
at
Star & Garter
on 20 Sep 2025
at 15:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at White Lion, Stockport. Pours bright copper with a small almost white scummy head and good lacing. The aroma is quite simply bitter hops. In the mouth in is superficially sweet but with underlying bitterness. Flavour has bitter hops and corn with some underlying citrus initially (though this fades). Hints of honey and ginger later. Finish is quite bitter. This is decent – a good attempt as recreating the much missed classic.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Lion Coaching House
on 12 Sep 2025
at 12:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Old rating from 1998 - Pint from the cask. Pours golden with a creamy white head. Aromas & tastes of banana, citrus & malt. Medium body. Slight dry light bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2025
at 02:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ Railway Inn, Hyde. Perfectly smooth bitter, and very refreshing in the palate. Easy to drink.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2011
at 17:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask in Manchester, England. Bellies full of Boddingtons. A nice pub ale. Golden colour with a creamy off white head. Mild malt and hopp aroma. Also a bit weak flavour, but easy drinkable. You can really fill up your belly.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2011
at 02:44
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Keg @ Premier Inn off M6, Carlisle. 051011
Golden, clear, thick nitro head.......Aroma - not much here, very slight malt and hops...Taste of light malts, cereal, bit cardboardy, light bitter, slight bubblegum(?), bland......Palate - smooth, low carb. Finish - same as main flavour, very light bitter, slightly metallic.
Bland and boring but not the worst. Certainly better than the Stella I had the same night.
Golden, clear, thick nitro head.......Aroma - not much here, very slight malt and hops...Taste of light malts, cereal, bit cardboardy, light bitter, slight bubblegum(?), bland......Palate - smooth, low carb. Finish - same as main flavour, very light bitter, slightly metallic.
Bland and boring but not the worst. Certainly better than the Stella I had the same night.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2011
at 05:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
At tab at hard rock café in London. Delighted to find a beer I had not tasted here, but as expected nothing spectacular. A pretty standard beer, good colour, good head.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2011
at 07:59