Boddies acquired Oldham Brewey around 40 years ago, the OB mild was my favourite pint as a young lad, my mates Dad ran a club, the Beaconsfield in Ashton-Under-Lyne and kept it slightly chilled. Once it moved to Boddies at Strangeways they just couldn’t get the formula right and they eventually stopped brewing the OB brand. Apparently they couldn’t replicate the yeast which at Oldham was cultivated in a cellar, I’m guessing the same happened when Boddies moved to Wales.Boddies changed even when at Strangeways. First bitter I really got into. I seem to remember a certain point when the local CAMRA mag was full of complaints about the change in taste. The recipe was reckoned to have altered to try and appeal to more people or to be less susceptible to bad keeping in the pub. And then it got pasteurized .
I just couldn’t get the, “it gave me a hangover”.Boddies acquired Oldham Brewey around 40 years ago, the OB mild was my favourite pint as a young lad, my mates Dad ran a club, the Beaconsfield in Ashton-Under-Lyne and kept it slightly chilled. Once it moved to Boddies at Strangeways they just couldn’t get the formula right and they eventually stopped brewing the OB brand. Apparently they couldn’t replicate the yeast which at Oldham was cultivated in a cellar, I’m guessing the same happened when Boddies moved to Wales.
Hand drawn Boddies was a great pint and unlike others on here I never had a hangover after a good few pints. The beer we drink these days is shite by comparison although a well kept Caffreys is not too shabby.
Iirc the pub in Chicago was Boddingtons branded rather than just serving it which seemed unusual. Maybe it's not.Boddies is more available here than you might think. Last pint I had was in San Diego, of all places!