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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larsga (2980), Oslo, Norway

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 12, 2005

Small, offwhite head; brown body. Nutty, earthy aroma, with sweetish malt notes. Powerfully nutty taste, quite bitter. Ends in dry, sharp aftertaste. Roasty, pine needle notes linger. Nice, although a bit one-dimensional, and perhaps a bit too agressive for the lack of complexity. (Bottle.)

Habanero (633), Tranbjerg, Denmark

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 6, 2005

Bottle 500 ml: Nun’s delight : Big, off-white, foamy long lasting head. Nice amber colour. Lovely hoppy, fruity and flowerish aroma. Malt, caramel, citrus and tasty hops in the flavour. Medium body. Long dry and sweet/bitter finish. A very enjoyable ale.

Papsoe (15103), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 23, 2005

(Bottle 50 cl) Beaútiful, deep, reddish copper - clear and filtered - with a decent, off-white head. Appears very bitter at first, but things are levelled out by some very smooth and tasty caramel malt. 270201

rederic (1815), montréal, Quebec, Canada

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 18, 2005

Deep amber color, with a ig frothy tan-colored head, with floweer hops, earthy roasted malt, hint of caramel in the aroma, follows through on a medium-bodied palate with fruity, nutty, caramelized malt, with a strong hoppy character, even a green tea leaves note, leading towards a crisp dry bitterness finish.

davegore (202), liverpool, Merseyside, England

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	5/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 14, 2005

bottle from asda, quite a nice dry hoppiness to this beer, nice dry finish too, some malt in the mouth, quite pleasant actually

Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 10, 2005

Bottle. Amber colour with a off-white head. Sweet malty, hoppy aroma and a sweet hay taste. Medium body and a light sweet dry finish.

DerWeg (777), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Nov 8, 2005

Nice looking ESB with a moderate character. Good balance, pretty light, nothing wrong with it but I wouldn’t marry it.

iammadeofjelly (183), Liverpool, Merseyside, England

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	11/20

Oct 29, 2005

That was good beer, diidnt get too much of a good stink of it cos drank it out of the bottle, english beer is surely the best though, so nice and english beery, gooooood beer.

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