Have you tried Veltins Richard? The only lager I like (here in the UK) and still only brewed in Germany, unlike the majority of ersatz European brands ‘brewed under licence’ here.
Boddingtons bitter in its orginal form was very distinctive but a bit too bitter for me. I believe the Strangeways brewery was opposite Strangeways prison. The scent drifting across and tickling the noses of the inmates must have made their incarceration all the more trying 