Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Faversham, England

500 mL bottle from LCBO.

App.: light brownish-copper, foamy light reddish-tan head. Aroma: piney, resinous hops, then sweet caramel malt, some dark bread crust, rye bread and light molasses/licorice. Palate: big body, somewhat lively carbonation. Flav.: molasses and licorice, rye bread, a touch sweet, caramel and toffee. Finishes with roasted malts, a slight acid tang and some bitterness and lingering toffee.

Nice stuff!

one of my favorites Bottle, pours slightly carbonated reddish copper colour with an off-white foamy white head. A sweet bready malt aroma with a fruity hoppiness

nice amber color, good carbonation. aroma is quite hoppy. flavour is the same, but i’[m getting a big metallic bite. yuck, once the metal is gone, you get a slightly sweet, and bitter finish.

Nice light brown pour with a persistent off-white cap of fine bubbles. Silly clear bottle, and in spite of my best effort to choose a bottle that was hidden from the store lights, skunking is the first thing noticeable about this beer. If a brewer is so dense as to put their beer in clear bottles, then any faults in their beer that result are fully in their court. So...skunk, and lots of it. Under that, some earthy woody notes and a bit of brown sugar. Flavor shows a blood-like metallic note, but beyond that there is a pleasant rustic malt. Some viney hops meander around the edges. Palate is a bit rough, like this beer was not intended for this much carbonation. I supect much better on cask, and I’ll have to give it a shot that way sometime. Tastes better than it smells. Looks nicer than it tastes. Not that nice overall.

(Draught) Pours clear, deep red. Caramel, cookie, toffee and a bit buttery malt aroma with some earthy, light grassy and spicy, hop tones . Creamy malt flavour with a medium bitter finish where you can detect a hint of dryness. A bit fruity. Light spicy but pretty soft mouthfeel. Light to medium body.

Bottle. Red-brown colour. Aroma of dark malts and dark fruits. Flavour of chocolate malt, good flower hoppiness, prunes and raisins. The finish is long lasting, bitter with some fruitiness and a slight smoky touch to it.

Bottle, pours slightly carbonated reddish copper colour with an off-white foamy white head. A sweet bready malt aroma with a fruity hoppiness. It is a little thin and watery, with too much carbonated. There’s a fruity maltiness, but is is astringent and metallic. Disappointing for me.

500ml bottle. Pours amber, small, off-white head. hoppy, sweet spice aroma. thin palate, finish is a little ’false’. otherwise tastes of toasted malts, treacle; finish is fruity and quite sweet.