blue b4 the moon
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OB bitter was lovely such a shame that it was swallowed up by boddies/Whitbread and JW Lees survived.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.
Best boddies I had was a boozer near Stamford Park... Pointsman? Rumour has it there was a stream running through the cellar which made all the difference.