Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger (Pasteurised) 3.25 378

Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger (Pasteurised)

	Percentile
	70
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
378	3.25/5.0	3.25/5.0	5.4%	77.9	English pint

Commercial Description:
Available filtered and pasteurised in bottles and cans.
NOTE: Only ratings for the bottled vesrion should be entered here. The cask version has a separate listing.

Full-bodied with complex fruit flavours, Bishops Finger is a strong premium cask-conditioned ale brewed to a traditional Kentish recipe. What’s behind the name? Well, a Bishops Finger is an unusual finger-shaped signpost still found in Kent, which once pointed pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. Only the finest malted barley, Kent hops and fresh water from our own artesian well are used in the production of one of Britain’s best-loved ales, which is also exported in bottles to more than 30 countries worldwide.

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Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Jun 12, 2006

75 cl bottle. No yeast at the bottom. Brown colour with a rocky head. Light hoppy nose with a noteable maltness. Fruity flavour with a quite bitter and dry finish.

CQC (224), Sydney, Australia

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	5/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jun 9, 2006

Smells like English beer should do, has that wet carpet quality that is required. Has a good dark brown colour with enough bubbles to keep me excited. Strong flavour with slight burnt overtones even though it seems to be fairly watery.

nakhoda (16), England

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Jun 6, 2006

Dark and bright. Raisin malty, fruit sweet with a dry finish. Weighty but wet. There’s eating and drinking in this fine chewy brew. Which is high praise from Sussex.

saxo (3609), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	5/10	2/5	6/10	3/5	10/20

May 27, 2006

Bottle. Small head with short duration. Color is amber. Aroma is malt and maybe some toffee. Taste is quite bitter.

iambeer (255), Ontario, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	5/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

May 14, 2006

LCBO bottle. A citrus taste and a mild bitterness, detected a slight taste of alcohol and a pleasent hoppiness.

bridge (659), Sydney, Australia

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Apr 4, 2006

Clear nut brown with a large pillowy head that didn’t last but left a bit of lacing. Some creamy toffee on the aroma, which comes through on tasting as sweet. This sweetness is compensated with some bitterness, but the flavour just seems a little bit bodyless - shallow and sharp. Moderately lasting aftertaste. Ok, but it’s just suffering from the pasteurisation like lots of others unfortunately.

StueyD (590), King’s Lynn, Norfolk, Norfolk, England

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Mar 19, 2006

A dark, amber, brown beer with a strong, off white head. A distinctly toasted malty nose, with a citrusy, orange-like finish. The taste is dry, rich, with the toasted malt notes again. There is a citrusy element in the flavour towards the end.

MrWalker (927), Stockholm, Sweden

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Mar 8, 2006

Keg @ Pig & Whistle, Stockholm
Served freezing cold with plenty of carbon dioxide. No head, some maltiness, and butterscotch in taste followed by a sharp bitter finish.

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