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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Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	6/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	9/20

Nov 1, 2004

Soapy aroma with floral malt. Dark amer clear colour with good head and lacing. Sharp burnt bitter flavour with malt. Smooth gassy palate.

pivo (2535), Germany

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Oct 24, 2004

Amber color and a low sticky head. Toast and caramel tastes with some toffee. Quick light bitter that lingers. Odd balance but with a medium body.

Rentalman (103), British Columbia, Canada

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	3/10	3/5	6/10	2/5	11/20

Oct 3, 2004 Updated: Oct 24, 2004

(Bottle) Quickly disapearing head with a strong sour skunkish aroma that doesn’t carry over into the taste. Caramel malt flavor thin body with bitterness hops only. They need to add a little aroma hops to make this even better.

bark (255), Linköping, Sweden

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

Oct 2, 2004

The colour is dark copper-red. The liquid is clear and the small foam is quite firm. The smell of this ale is somewhat sour, full of caramel, diacetyl and hops The body is surprisingly light for the great bitterness. There are clear flavours of diacetyl and caramel, although it is quite low on the sweetness. The carbon acid is mild, soft and short, probably due to the nitro-tap. Overall, the taste is simple and straightforward. There is some bitterness and butterscotch but it does its job - no more, no less. Its aftertaste is quite simple at first, but grows into a large amount of bitterness.

YogiBeera (2437), Hamburg, Germany

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

Oct 2, 2004

Dark brown color, liveley carbonation, spare head. Malt bandaid nose. Roasted malt taste, kind of weak.

brberry (16), USA

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

Oct 1, 2004

Good hoppy aroma, and a decent follow up in the taste. Carbonation is a little annoying, could use more hops in the flavor. Overall a good beer, didn’t see the great aromas everyone else talked of.

tommythetank88 (1), USA
does not count

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	5/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Sep 28, 2004

SOMEWHAT OF A PEAR AND FRUIT TASTE. THE AROMA WAS VERY STRONG (IN THIS CASE NOT A BAD THING) I GOT A CARAMEL TASTE TO IT TOO.

Mullo (102), Brisbane, Australia

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	4/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Sep 21, 2004

Strong and full of rich malt and hop flavours. I found this one very aromatic (especially compared with the shallow lagers I had tried previously). Woody, smoky, and molasses undertones.

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