tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post2891741877167226022..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: It Wasn't All BitterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-38610663945779986292015-09-22T09:48:31.934+01:002015-09-22T09:48:31.934+01:00A good drinking pint but all my Manchester friends...A good drinking pint but all my Manchester friends were convinced that it was mega strong. Like a latter day Chester's "Fighting" Mild. Maybe it was something to do with the pubs. Boddy's pubs were often pretty rough. <br /><br />I've a friend from Stockport who still believes Boddington's Bitter (3.8)was stronger than Robinson's Best Bitter (4.2). <br /><br />Someone writing "The distinctive bitter is one of the strongest (by alcohol content) in Britain" in the first Good Beer Guide didn't help.Ikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-12991333750462089562015-09-21T12:43:43.473+01:002015-09-21T12:43:43.473+01:00I have fond memories of cask Boddington in the mid...I have fond memories of cask Boddington in the middle-2000's, it was still a very good beer. The houses around the big square up from the rail station used to offer it two-for-one (IIRC) for a happy hour at day's end. Good times.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmanhttp://www.beeretseq.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-4594665122194104322015-09-19T12:34:15.757+01:002015-09-19T12:34:15.757+01:00Wow, I thought before craft it was bitter or lager...Wow, I thought before craft it was bitter or lager. But there was other stuff, you say? fair enough.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-8624951654549076142015-09-19T12:01:48.297+01:002015-09-19T12:01:48.297+01:00Classic Prof. ClassicClassic Prof. ClassicTandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-87978210740321703502015-09-18T17:25:20.321+01:002015-09-18T17:25:20.321+01:00@RedNev
Fortunately I can't remember most of &...@RedNev<br />Fortunately I can't remember most of 'em !<br />I mean,how the hell was I having a quiet drink one lunchtime in Surrey and woke up the next day in Andorra ?<br />In December.<br />Wearing shorts and flip-flops.<br />That took some explaining to the missus.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-67691417765102928392015-09-18T16:15:50.864+01:002015-09-18T16:15:50.864+01:00You could write a book about unfortunate drinking ...You could write a book about unfortunate drinking incidents, Prof!Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-53427615894839766462015-09-18T15:40:59.797+01:002015-09-18T15:40:59.797+01:00I remember an unfortunate trouser incident after 1...I remember an unfortunate trouser incident after 18 pints of Boddies at the Illawalla Country Club in Thornton Clevelys.<br />Boddies was always a grand supping pint.<br />Happy days.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-77511821729378778062015-09-18T15:25:11.500+01:002015-09-18T15:25:11.500+01:00Back in the 60s and 70s the place to go round here...Back in the 60s and 70s the place to go round here (Blackpool) for a superb pint of Boddies was the Thatched House in Poulton-le-Fylde, trouble was you could hardly get served due to the crowds,literally you could be queuing outside the door.Ed Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570333156834564653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-86020975146468239162015-09-18T13:28:44.634+01:002015-09-18T13:28:44.634+01:00In the 70s, I was a student at Padgate College on ...In the 70s, I was a student at Padgate College on the edge of Warrington in the heart of Greenall Whitley Land. When the Greenalls got too much for us, we'd sometimes catch the train as we could get Boddies two or three stops down the line. It was far better than anything we could get more locally.<br /><br />My friend Pete from Manchester proudly took me to see the brewery. After admiring the view, we decided to have a pint in the brewery tap right next door: "Two pints of Boddies bitter please."<br />"Sorry" came the reply, "we're waiting for a delivery."Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-54525121652505362462015-09-17T16:56:50.916+01:002015-09-17T16:56:50.916+01:00I used to visit Manchester a lot before the sellou...I used to visit Manchester a lot before the sellout and always made a bee-line (geddit?!) for Boddies pubs. And Hydes and Holts to be fair. A superb pint, and I always took a couple of those (4 pint?) Bod Cans home with me. I was surprised once when I went into the brewery bar and discovered the ex-manager of a bar I used to go to in Whitley Bay running the place. electricpicsnoreply@blogger.com