Christine Tipping
I live in the USA. Every year I bring US visitors to the UK and they LOVE the drive past the Boddingtons Brewery, in fact they all take a bow as they pass. The famous chimney is on SO MANY of our photos, it would be a crying shame to lose it because of big business. Don't do this to Manchester.
Is nothing sacred anymore?
Frank Manchester, CT USA
The move is absurd! How can there be no historical brand protection to save Strangeways! If Interbrew is allowed to follow through with the move I will be apalled. COME ON, would they let Guniess be moved from St. James???? Boo to Big Business!!!
James Humphreys
The beer itself has changed since Interbrew have taken over production and with the closure of the brewery why don't they rename themselves Interprofit?
Paul
Ex Mancunian living in San Jose , California, Boddies is a Manchester legend, I buy it regularly from the supermarkets here, it is very popular, along with Manchester United, I feel it helped put Manchester on the world map.
plum
i have just been out to Chile and i got Boddies on draft in vinya de- mar.The brewery has help put Manchester on the map and should be recognisedas such.People in ivory towers need to come down to earth and smell the roses.
Mike Glassbrook
Lets not turn another manchester landmark into luxary flats. I believe that this is part of manchesters heritage. The chimney is sinominous with the skyline of manchester.
Peter Margieson
How can we stand by and let another piece of Manchester's history slip away just because some giant brewery is not making enough profit. This is part of local heritage, perhaps the council should step in and save something as famous as our mills that have long since slipped away. Wouldn't it be something to preserve this institution for our children and grandchildren to see when everthing in the future will be owned by faceless multi-nationals ? We funded the Lowery centre for example so come on lets try and keep something in Manchester thats part of our heritage.
Steven Marshall from Switzerland
They can make a roaring profit out of selling the brewery to someone who wants to build houses or flats on that land. Personally I think its quite sad seeing that not even historical monuments arent holy anymore!
Rick, Newton Heath, Lancashire.
Boddies isn't the best pint in Mcr, Holt's, the peoples champion, offer a better beer at lower prices. But maybe that's a personal question of taste. However, to close the brewery and relocate is a disgrace. Watch the present site be sold for apartments. I'd miss the chimney, one of only a few in town now, and the smell at Victoria :) Greater Manchester, only a metropolitain county in the first place, was abolished in 1986. Now it is just a unit of 10 co-operating, independant boroughs, a police force and a fire brigade. Manchester has been in Lancs for over a thousand years, and still is. That's why the world's largest club wear the red rose on their suits when playing in finals.
Gerard Caven
There is a history here to uphold. It will be different from a different place. Boddingtons draught is me, it's what I drink. I wouldn't like the thought of it being different.
Thomas c
We need to save boddingtons it one of the few english bitter left going storng to lose it well be a big shame
Graham from USA
The 'Cream of Manchester' has to stay in Manchester!
Ron from California
It would be a shame and a big loss to Manchester if they do close it.out here in Ca.there are hundreds of us boddis drinkers.
Jason Abbott
Hardly a surprise given that the fmaous beer is owned by the 'infamous' Interbrew. While we won't be able to change their decision the council should at least turn the Strangeways site into a beer museum given its history. It could even produce its own independent real ale as well.
Ian E
If the company has been sold, the new owners can do what they like with it and the site it was on. A shame, especially if the taste of the new product doesn't match the old one. That will just bring it into disrepute...
mark
if production goes elsewhere i will stop drinking it as a protest
Kit
Very sensible and admirable discussion until I noticed someone has forgottten the existence of Greater Manchester....it's not in Lancashire sweetheart - learn your northern geography!
James C.
Will Inbev (unless it takes over another brewery and amalgamates it name again!) ever move from Leuven, its HQ since the mid 14th century? Well why should all historical ties be lost with its brand names - eh?. Watch out Staropramen, you'll be next!
DaveP
Boddies only became the 'cream of Manchester' because of the marketing provided by the big boys. Holts, Hydes and more recently Pheonix are far better - And they never sold out to the big boys for a share of a marketing budget. Sorry Boddies - Sell your soul to the devil and you get what you deserve...
veg
well really, what do you expect. it's run by a multinational company who don't care about you or what you drink. lets face it you probobly haven't noticed a change in quality or anything else about it as it's boddies so it's bodies so it's alright. all this rubbish about tradition etc makes me sick. it's ignorant, unthinking superstitious rubbish. perhaps this is a wake up call for you to look around a bit more & see how your getting messed about & ripped of by these businesses & the system they rely on. sadly i fear not & you'll all just weep into your pints, wallowing in self pity rather than do something to sort out the mess we're all in. pity you can't show the same concern about hospitals, care homes, schools & services for the vulnerable in society.
Michael J. Cawood
Boddington's Bitter is one of Britain's finest beers, if it's brewed elsewhere it would not be the same.
The brewery should be rescued from Interbrew by someone prepared to buy it.
Regards
David Howe, Anchorage Alaska
Not only is Boddies a great beer, it's a Manchester icon. That famous yellow label is fondled in more pubs around the world than the blokes in the red shirts could ever dream of! Manchester, don't let Boddies out your site.
Pete S Cardiff
As a Mancunian living in the cultural desert that is Wales, I feel that such a symbol of all that is right and proper about real beer should not be allowed to disappear without trace.
Kev W, Altrincham
The arguement is not about the taste of Boddies as many seem to think, We all have differing tastes and are welcome to them. The Issue is should another multi national be allowed to destroy our heritage in favour of profits??? Should we be allowed to demolish the Houses of Parliament because the land would make a decent profit if sold for housing???? NO! Boddies is as much a part of Manchester as Corrie, Barm Cakes & Rain... and long may it remain so!
Denise
Mancunian & proud of our heritage. Come on & lets give em a fight!
Cat
When I'm away at Uni in Durham I feel that I'm staying in touch with my beloved Manc in some way by getting a pint of Boddies down the pub instead of the watery lager that the lads drink.
CHARLES
I HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM MANCHESTER FOR 6 YEARS NOW BUT EVERY TIME I SEE A BAR OR PUB ANYWHERE THAT SELLS BODDINTONS ON MY TRAVELS I MUST STOP AND BUY AND THINK OF HOME.WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE, CANT THEY SEE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS DESTROYING A PIECE OF MANCHESTER´S ALREADY DISAPERING HISTORIC LANDMARKS.
Martin
This is more than just a beer leaving an English city & heritage values etc. For all the people that say they are glad or not bothered should the brewery close, would you be of the same opinion if it was the bread winner in your own home that was losing their job? I feel sorry for the workforce & their families should this go through. And for all you who belittle the closure, shame on you. Whether you like Manchester or not, this is going to affect a lot of families who are not so lucky to have the choice of where they work at the moment. Let's see how much support you would want if you were forced out of a job. It's good to see that the majority of people on here are showing a true community spirit & it's only the selfish idiots that don't see the bigger picture.
Joanne
Boddingtons is THE CREAM OF MANCHESTER how can it go anywhere else. Leave it where it is its our famous brewery not any one elses.
poaman
well there shipping everything else out of england,to eastern europe,china etc etc,so why not boddingtons?we have nothing left,just cheap out of town shopping centers and supermarkets. JUST LEAVE IT ALONE BODDINGTONS BELONGS TO MANCHESTER.
Jeni
Get over it. It's just beer. Manchester has plenty of other things to be proud of - Man city (???), Oasis (and their foul language), trams. I say.......... STICK A FLAKE IN IT!
Steve Helme
Keep our Manchester and North West institutions local, don't erode our heritage
PETER VICKERS
iI GREW UP WITH BODDIES , AND DESPITE ITS WEAKENIG OVER THE YEARS STILL REGARD IT AS MANCHESTERS OWN BEER- EVEN IN NEW ZEALAND . CAN'T WE CLOSE DOWN NEWTON & RIDLEYS AND PUT BODDIES ON CORONATION STREET ? IF WALLACE AND GROMIT CAN SAVE WENSLEYDALE , SURELY CORO CAN SAVE BODDIES?
Steve Parker
Boddingtons is the cream of Manchester so what will it be the plant is moved? The cream of Wales? Well it doesnt really have the same ring does it?
Andrew Hodson - Stockport
I partly blame the government,we no longer own Rolls Royce or Bentley,(european) nor Midland Bank(Asian), if the government dont allow uk companies to build, grow and develop in the uk,then all British companies be it Welsh,Scottish or English they will all be bought out from abroad and production moved out of the uk,to else where around the world,what will be next to go,you have to ask yourself its an absolute disgrace. Boddies to stay in Manchester 100% and interbrew.....(dont try to fix what aint broke) believe me,you move it you WILl break it then you will lose it.
David T, Warrington
Whilst on holiday in South Devon earlier this month boddies was a 'guest' beer in several pubs I visited. All I spoke to said they thought it sad that Interbrew was ruining a great tradition in brewing
Alyson Stringer -Garston
I am sad to see it close, after all it was thanks to drinking too much of the cream of Manchester Boddies that I lost my "inhibitions" and nine months later I was the proud mother of my twins Nico and Pedro. Thanks for the memories.
Susan Clarke
Its a part of Manchesters history, they will loose alot of business if they take it from here as locals to the area will just refuse to drink it. The taste will change also as the water tastes different in every part of the country.
Iain
I don't blame Interbrew - Manchester lost it's pride years ago. I work in the city and hate it. Given half the chance I'd get out of the filthy dump too.
Andy H
Keep Boddies in manchester. Its beer is still as good as it was. maybe not exactly the same but still a nice bitter. It will be a shame if the brewery is shut down.
Shez
Oi what about Holts beer?
Thats still "traditional" and still in Manchester!
Stephen Winder
It's a sad day when Profits come before Tradition. Since being a Teenager in Salford (many years ago), i've always drank Boddies!
I've tried many so called "Bitter Wnners" but NONE have ever compared to my Beloved Boddies.
Let's start a Buy-Out! I'll certainly contribute around £50.000 how many more are there?
Pete Peacock Middleton
All these companies consider is profit. Can somebody somewhere publish a list of the parent companies poducts so I can boycott them.
Baden
another icon hits the dust due to the money hungery off shore profitering ace holes
John Watling - Skem
I have been travelling to work in Manchester for 10 yrs now and go past the brewery every day and it stinks so I am glad it is closing. Also, one of the comments below says that the water is taken from a 'spring' below Strangeways so I am glad I don't drink Boddingtons.
Matt Walsh
Dont destroy Manchesters History by taking away this brewery. It is the Cream of Manchester!
Sarah, Manchester
Whats next, Guinness out of Dublin!!! Its a disgrace that after nearly 250 years of brewing in Manchester the bigwigs at Interbrew have decided to move. My thoughts go out to the workers...
ABDUL HAQ
I AM GLAD
Edward
There has to be a more creative way of keeping up with a changing market than simply shutting down an historic brewery and moving production elsewhere. Boddington's is a symbol, not just a beer!!
M Parker Portland,Oregon
while I have never been to Manchester much less England, I certainly hope Boddies will continue to be shipped to the USA via the Horse Brass Pub.I have let many Boddies hit the floor there.
sandra perry
Boddies is Manchester...what more can i say ? Leave it alone!
Pauline
Manchester and Boddingtons are synonymous. They go together like Coronation Street and Elsie Tanner; Manchester United and Old Trafford; John Barberolli and the Halle; fish and chips; the hidden gem; Ryland Library; we are wedded and no one shall put asumder.
ET
The whole nation should boycott Boddingtons to protest against closure.
John Wilson
While it is sad that people lose their jobs, nobody in their right mind would want to drink Boddingtons nowadays. The magnificent beers of 25 years ago have been emasculated by poor management by Boddingtons, Whitbread and Interbrew. Of course no one's going to drink the stuff if it's bland. Return to the old recipes, advertise the fact that this has been done, and watch the drinkers return. That's the way to save Boddingtons.
kerry
how dare they!
Steven Rayner
Boddies is made with the water from the spring beneath the Strangeways site...and so if it is brewed elsewhere it cant be Boddies........why cant big business leave things as they are?????????
Garry
Boddingtons is a Mancunian Icon. I, like other here, am a born and bread mancunian who moved last year to the US. I still drink Boddies in our local and from the supermarket. Each sip is link to home! Thinking of the strangways chimney (and the prison!). How can they move it? They may as well stop production alltogether!
Dave Lewis
Boddies must stay in Manchester same as Newky Brown must stay in Newcastle
Roger
I hope the bar and pubs in the city stop selling the stuff. that will hit the profits
Rob H
It is disgraceful that Boddingtons are doing this to the people of Manchester! If it goes ahead Mancs should boycot the Beer in the same way as the scousers do with 'The Sun.'
Tony Browne Wales
The MEN had it right...
"""Boddingtons...Ahhh, the cream of (somewhere cheaper than) Manchester"""
Mick
In 2002 the chief exec of Interbrew at the time said the long term future of Boddingtons depends on sales and volumes . Two years later when volumes are up for the site by 4% and the brewery made £17 million profit the company want to shut it. The workers have been betrayed for nothing but corporate greed. Boddingtons has been brewed in Manchester since 1778 , we the public of Manchester should help the workers to fight and save this piece of our cities History.
Jeremy Poynton
About time too. It's made of soap suds, and has been for too long. Drink Robbies instead !
Julie
I think it should stay in Manchester and not go to Wales. As one other person commentated when you are abroad it's like having a piece of home.
Rakesh, U.S.A.
It's a shame...tragic. They should at least consider doing something with the building seeing that it is a historic site...make it a touristy place...try to pump some pounds into the economy....
John Sweden
monsterous hartless buisness people that I wish could FEEL
G, Central Queensland, Australia
Being from Eccles, the Boddies Brewery is a reminder of the Manchester skyline. This will be another thing that is changed in the name of progress which is not always for the better....
Jenny, Manchester
Living only a mile away from the place and growing up seeing the place its unfair to see it go. Now when i go on hoilday i cant buy * a bit of home*
Peter, Wigan
Boddingtons has not been the cream of Manchester for years, since changing from a distinctive quality beer to a bland 'National Beer'. From an enthusiasts point of view, it is no loss. If Hydes can bring back the real Boddies, then that is good news.
Tarin
Blimey... sensitive about what goes on up North aren't ya!
merv
typical just discover somthing really good, have just moved up to manchester and now there stopping boddingtons
Karlos
Think of it not as an ending but a new beginning - can I put my name down for the new flats?!!
Neil
I hope they no longer call it the "Cream of Manchester"
Geoff Hall
Taking any form of manufacturing out of Manchester is bad news.
We have lost to much in the past.Boddies must live on at its source.
Craig
With Manchester being the best up & coming city in the country with all the new generation that we are seeing, why choose now of all times to move the production of this beer that has so much heritage to the city centre? Surely someone has to stop it from happening. What's the bet Interbrew have sold the site at a huge profit to a construction company & in it's place we'll see some grand 1 & 2 bedroom apartments???? Not happy.
Andrew
After reading some of these comments I am of the same opinion in that I am not best pleased that Boddies is now being 'outsourced'. I can only hope that these statements will be forwarded to Interbrew & that someone there sees sence & does the right thing.
Avril
Boddies is synonmous with Manchester. Why on earth fix something that isn't broken? This wouldn't have anything to do with the accountant would it?
Dan
Interbrew are just another multinational company who's only concern is the profit margin. How about showing a bit of loyalty to the people of Manchester & the pure heritage this brew deserves. Interbrew are leaving a bitter taste which is for once hard to swallow.
G
Shamefull, this shouldn't be allowed to happen, I for one will stop drinking the stuff & change to Hydes. After just returning from America, one of the few things those yanks new about was Boddies & it's Manchester routes. Absolute disgrace.
daveyboy
bleak
lorraine frost
manchester born and bred boddingtons
Pete / Vietnam
A truly excellent beer,not like all the lagers most of the world have to put up with.
As long as it will be availble, then at least thats some comfort.
Cheers to Manchester.
Dave
Gutted. another example of multi-national corporations killing tradition.
M, Manchester
Melanie Sykes made the Boddies adverts!! 'bye eck - she's gorgeous!!
Rich
They've been running Boddies into the ground for ages, drink Hydes instead, it's always been a better Manchester brew anyway...
Nigel
Since I moved to the USA in 1995 one of the few comforts from home has been Boddingtons available in a couple of local establishments. I guess I am left with buying British style Heinz Baked Beans on-line...
Bob B , Lake district
I moved from manchester only six months ago, It took me ages to find a boddies pub here, now i've found one i'm going to have to stop drinkin it ! What the hell do interbrew think they are doing.
Greg, Stockport
Will the cheeky gets still promote it as the 'Cream of Manchester' after the move, just like Fosters is so Australian with 75% of the worlds Fosters being brewed in Moss Side?
Jayisarno, Mcr
It's a sad, sad day for Manchester.. It's just a shame that we all slowly but surely stopped drinking our local Brand that put us on the map across the world.. Sir Henry Boddington, he's had a good innings but will be sadly turning in his grave at this sad time RIP xx
pete
Boddies will still be produced in the north west and for the north west by Samlesbury brewery nr Preston. anyway senimentality cannot keep a business viable , sad yes, disasterous no
Albert, Hong Kong
Very sad when I heard of the news. Two icons that I like most in Manchester: Boddingtons Draught(the brewery is going to close down); Manchester United (very poor performance). Sad World
Kevin, Oldham
I wonder how many of the outraged are actually lager drinkers, who like the beer tradition but don't buy the product.
Bob Eachus , Escalon CA USA
The closure of Boddies in Manchester is indeed a very sad event for people my age.I may as well just curl up and die.This really is the beginning of the end for the human race.Christs return must be just around the corner.
philip seldon.
I now live in florida still drink boddie's.I was born a half mile from strangeways boddie's should stay in Manchester.
Jon T
How long before they're asking half a million for a 1-bed flat in "The Brewhouse - Manchester's latest city centre living experience?"
Mark - Arizona
I moved to America last year and buy my imported cans of Boddingtons which detail the history behind Boddingtons and how it is hand pulled in traditional English pubs. Pitty it's being pulled out of Manchester and will be brewed elsewhere!
Steve (Newcastle)
Newcastle Brown Ale is going the same way. well Across the water to GATESHEAD!! - money talks, tradition stands for nothing any more....
Tony C
It is sad to see another brewery closing, but I think that Hydes can make Boddingtons the great beer it used to. They make the best cask beer in the Northwest anyhow!
Mike -NZ
Too sad indeed for Boddington drinkers the world over but, what about the guys being put out of work? I am just waiting for Bury Black Puddings to be made in China then I know someone will have to switch the lights off in the UK. Sad very Sad.
chris
No, it's got to stay. It just won't be the same
Steve New York, USA
How can any Company even consider closing a brewery that brews such a heavenly product.
Joe
I thought Interbrew would have sold off the brewery as a going concern. Boddingtons cask is a good beer, but it is not big enough for Interbrew. They should put it up for sale or allow a buyout by the workers.
Being realistic though the Boddingtons site is too large for the small amount of cask beer that is brewed there.
Paul
Assuming that the northwest consumes the largest amount of Boddies in the UK it would be not particularly eco-friendly to take production away from the demand area. More HGVs on the roads shipping it back in!!
Jonathan, Manchester
Boddies from South Wales or Glasgow?, Is someone pulling our Pilsener? Real ale is NOT in terminal decline as some dubious reports might suggest. The future for real ale seems to lie in micro-breweries and the modest "regional" breweries. Interbrew's interests appear to lie with keg beers. In the meantime I'll insist on Cask Boddies and do all I can to save a local institution! Cheers!
Dot Queen
It was enough for me to see the recent television report and to hear an AMERICAN accent announcing the possible/probably closure. Let's get real. This is England, this is the North of England, this is Manchester. Why does it always have to be about money?
Michael Taylor (Leeds)
Save our beer! I live in Leeds and the Tetley's Brewery is now the Carsberg brewery. I blame privatisation, deregulation and globalisation. The best way to protect our beers is to nationalise every single brewery in the country, Cains, Newcastle Brown, Tetley's, John Smiths, Samuel Smiths, Stones, Bass the lot!
Rick, Ireland, reared in Hyde
Seems that a lot of Mancunian culure is being globalised and economised all the time - Take the Manchester Guardian, Man Utd, Granada Telly & now Boddies. But whilst most ales are brewed bu Scottish & Newcastle now surely it's time to stand up to the businessmen and retain our culture - and while they're at it, hire a couple of decent ale brewers to take over the VATS at Strangeways as it's been poor for at least 10 years.
Davey G, Wigan
Just seems like another case of, mass production, cheapest way to do it, sod the little in betweens like QUALITY. Y is it always us northeners that seem to cop for it all where industry is concerned,`By eck, it`s grim up north`.
Cathy, Manchester
'The Worlds Local Brewer' Thats what Interbrew call themselve, what is local about moving the production of Boddingtons, The Cream of Manchester to Wales ?
Disgraceful. Is this all about what the land is worth?
Glenn
The Beer has been undrinkable for many years
Bobby Agnew
Does nobody think that this is just a big publicity stunt?? think of the amount of people going out drinking bodies thinking it is closing!!! i bet their sales will go up after coming out with this statement! if it does move, nobody buy it!!!
John
Thank God the cask version has gone to Hydes! At last a REAL brewer will be the gardian of all that IS Manchester. I for one welcome Interbrews decision to allow real tallent to once again produce my favourite brew.
Trevor/Vancouver BC
It really is a sad day for ex/pat Mancunians & Boddie lovers around the globe. The "Cream of Manchester" should live on - cheers!
Lefteris
the destiny of every mancunian business.
Dave
They had just changed the brew to something dinkable (still not a patch on pre Twitbread beer though) and now they do this! Although exact cask beer matching has been proven to be impossible (far too many variables to even get close), at least Hydes can be expected to produce something drinkable especially if they are permitted to throw a few more hops in the brew!
Andy- Wigan
what is it about Manchester brews?Bodds(yuk)Hydes(worse)and then there is Lees(horrid).
Give me a decent pint of "characterless" Stella anytime.Good riddence to the Bad ol brewers.
Though the loss of another 50 jobs is a sad loss.
STEVE U.S.A.
I CAN DRINK BODDIES HERE IN THE USA AT MY MICRO BREW PUB,IT IS NOT THE SAME,BUT IT STILL REMINDS ME OF STOCKPORT.SEND OVER SOME ROBBINSONS.....
Karl
Seems like another example of passive Brits not fighting for their cause. We need to stand up and defend national institutions like these, especially the folks in Manchester. Interbrew has no right to dilute such a strong brand, which seemingly thrives on its origins. I for one won't be supping any of their beers in future if the closure goes ahead.
Glenn Davies
Boddies is an icon of Manchester, let alone the cream.As welcome that the job are safe elsewhere, what next - Felinfoel or Brains beers being brewed in Glasgow?
Jon (Montreal)
Typical. Take a success and then ruin it. I have a Boddies beer mat over my desk here in Montreal and frequently buy Boddies for a taste of home bit it would seem I won't be able to do that much longer. OK time for Robinson's to step into the breach.
Mike
A certain brwer in Stockport will be getting my business. Boddies is part of our culture. Southern softies may not know the difference.
Mike P, Bristol
Not had a decent pint of Boddies for years - grew up on the stuf in the late 70's early 80's in North Cheshire. Im with the Oldaham set OB was glorious. What goes round comes round indeed. Save the 55 and keep the Ale real!
Tim
I remember when Boddingtons took over the Higsons brewery in Liverpool and closed it down and the Higsons brand was lost.At least the beer will survive.
I can"t tell the difference between Stella from Belgium and the UK brewed Stella which is brewed in the brewery which will be brewing Boddingtons in Wales.
Bill - Sheffield
We don't find much Boddies over here but there is is great. If they change the water they will change the taste - so what of the best tinnies in the country? We've seen it over here with Stones. Where is that now?
james
It's only the cask stuff that's any good, and at least that's staying in Manchester. Boddies was ruined when Whitbread took over.
Mike
As a Boddies drinker for more years than I can remember, I recall that when the company was sold to Whitbreads, the taste changed and not for the better. Whitbreads then sold the on to Interbrew, yet again the flavour was dumned down. If Hydes can bring back the old and very distinct flavour I can't wait. Meantime, how about a boycott of other Interbrew products, e.g. Stella Artois
Tom Sykes
Any one asked Boddingtons owner how much they expect from sale or redevelopment of the site?
Mike Whittaker (Oldham expat), Shrewsbury
Shame about Boddies - but then again it was a shame about Oldham Breweries, which Boddies took over then closed. Where can I get a pint of OB Mild these days ?
Steve
A disgrace, my granfather worked at the brewery for over forty years and would spinning in his grave. Hurt Interbrew where it matters, boycott their products, and show them tradition matters!
jason
i think that all interbrew products should be boycotted by customers, lets vote with our pounds. boddingtons = manchester there is no discussion.
Mandy K
Having worked at the Brewery, I feel particularly sad that is has come to this. This is going to be a great loss to Manchester.
has
just like man u run by people who have one thing on there mind money
bob
What are they doing, the taste will go, and so will there sales. I work in Asia, and can buy a true Lancashire taste, and one which many friends now like. Once again someone from outside the Uk changing our traditions.
Paul - Scotland
It's tantamount to closing the Guinness brewery in Dublin!!
Alan
It's sad to see yet another "Local" brew disapearing. It's typical of foreign companies owning traditional BRITISH brand names, once they own them they seem to set out to destroy the individuality of the brands in favour of one size fits all "Euro trash"
Paul
Just to show that those in the south simply haven't a clue about most things, even the main BBC news site reports that production is "to be switched from Manchester to Lancashire". So where's Manchester then? Yorkshire?
Robert
Interbrew have traded on Boddies connection with Manchester for years and now the stab us in the back. They told us these plans had been scrapped and Boddintons would stay where it belongs, at Strangways. Now we know it was all lies! We should boycott all Boddingtons beer EXCEPT the cask ale which will still be brewed in Manchester (and which is the best anyway).
If enough people switch from the other versions to cask they will have to re-employ the 55 to keep up with demand.
Mark
Having just watched BBC NorthWest Tonights coverage of this news story - I'm furious.
Yet again BBC North West Tonight show their hatred of all things Manchester. Their selective editing of cynical 'vox pop' comments from the streets of Cardiff - once again prove the BBC's hatred of Manchester
BBC North West Tonight, wouldn't dare report on the culture of Liverpool in this 'cynical & sneering' way!
John
british coal british steel british rail wont be long before the whole of british history is swallowed up by foriegners even 10 downing street is run by brussells so what chance have we got of keeping our local breweries
Imran (Ohio, USA)
I'm off to the local liquor store to buy all the boddies I can grab hold of.
Robbie Pickering
It is a national disgrace that breweries with hundreds of years of tradition are allowed to be bought up and closed by bean counters with no interest in beer. The major 'brewers' are dead set on destroying our brewing heritage, beers that exist in this form nowhere else in the world.
john,oldham
well well...us in oldham remember our O.B. bitter,and the closure of our brewery...bye bye boddies...what goes round comes round,you wont be missed from our parts...
Jane
Change the water - change the taste ---- don't they know better?
Craig...Madison, WI..USA
How can they the "Cream of Manchester" away from it's namesake home? I look forward to a good pint of that Ale that comes from such a great place! Don't take away The Pride of Manchester!!
Jane
I have just read these comments on the Boddingtons Website "Every drop of Boddingtons seen anywhere in the world has been brewed at Strangeways in Manchester" and "Production of Boddingtons has increased fourfold in the last eleven years" so why on earth are they changing things?
Brian
Interbrew just announced that a famous old Labatte's brewery here in Vancouver is closing as well. They shouldn't be allowed to buy up as many brands as possible, shut sites down and then use monsterous, characterless breweries to make characterless beer. Using the same physical plant to make different beers is akin to using the same equipment to make regular and vegetarian burgers...ain't right !! Boycott non-Manchester Boddies !!
Adrian
Disaster. The nd of the world is nigh. But this started when Boddies was sold to the Dutch owners.
Chris Matchett
How rich that Franny Joyce doesn't think much of the cask ale that will still be produced in Manchester. All the nitrokeg versions will taste the same no matter where they are produced. Only the cask version is any good and since cask ale is growing in popularity it's the better bet.
Mark
"But in a highly competitive environment, it is just not sustainable to continue brewing keg ales at Boddingtons and then transport them to our other brewery sites for packaging, when those sites already have the brewing capacity in place."
That's utter rubbish. The only thing that's not sustainable is probably the Board's salaries and bonus packages.
barrie
Boddingtons is on a prime site close to the city centre, so it's no wonder Interbrew want to close the Brewery,it must be woth a small fortune.
Paul in FLA
Growing up in Eccles, Manchester Boddies was part of the landscape - as a lad with my dad at our local my first pint ever was of the real 'golden nectar' and now half a world away I still look forward to a 'little bit of home' in a glass.
Niel Hillawi
Boddingtons should be patented as manchester Brew and so can not be produced anywhere else. Like er..... Cheddar cheese or Melton Mowbrey. Slap that on them and force them to keep it local. Also Force Interbrew to sell the brand to a brewer who is prepared to keep it local.
Paul
Damn shame.
dave - manchester
If it makes the beer taste better then yes it should close. Tetleys, Yorkshire - tastes great Boddingtons, Manchester - tastes awful
Andrew Curphey
Hardly "Cream of Manchester" if it does not stay in our city. This might be a bad public relations move for Interbrew.
Greg
The brewery is a bit of an eyesore in a city that has worked hard to move from its dirty red-brick image to a modern hi-tech leader. Time to move on.
Jason Waldron
IF they do move production from Manchester, then:
A) I'll stop drinking it!
B) If they use the 'Cream of Manchester' slogan again, then i'm straight on the phone to trade descriptions.
Lucy
I will miss the gorgeous smell of brewing beer as I walk round town :(
Rich
Tradition is important. It was one of the things that led me to start drinking Boddies when it became available in the States. Now that I see it is owned by a faceless conglomorate like Guiness - I will stop giving them my money. It's back to Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams for me...
Andy L., Manchester
I for one will continue buying Boddington's draught cans until the day the 'Manchester 55' become unemployed - then I'll switch to another more ethical, locally produced, rival.
davie
sad,but when british companies are controlled by foreign multi nationals ,this is what happens.
chris
Taste went downhill after the takeover, so who cares
Colin
Shame.
