 Boddingtons Brewery was a regional brewery in Manchester , England , which owned pubs throughout the North West . Boddingtons was best known for Boddingtons Bitter ( Boddies ) , a straw @-@ golden , hoppy bitter which was one of the first beers to be packaged in cans containing a widget , giving it a creamy draught @-@ style head . In the 1990s , the beer was promoted as The Cream of Manchester in a popular advertising campaign credited with raising Manchester 's profile . Boddingtons became one of the city 's most famous products after Manchester United and Coronation Street . 
