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Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger (Pasteurised)

Percentile
70
overall
Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Faversham, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3783.25/5.03.25/5.05.4%77.9English 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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 Thylacine (259), Tasmania, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Bottle - Clear red/amber with thin beige head. Medium carbonation. Malty, caramel, background. Plenty of hop flavour (East Kent Goldings) with a lightly bitter finish.


 Dervock (181), Emu plains, Australia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 20, 2009  
For a pale ale Bishops Finger had a rather ruby hue. Pouerd eo a nice head which held down the glass. What I really enjoyed about this beer was the contrast between a fairly sweet aroma and a bitter aftertaste. The fruity flaour that does come through matches the bitterness by being rather tart. worth a try!


 taunusmies (277), Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Pours clear, red-amber colour. Fine dry hoppy aroma with fruits, nut, hint of caramel and malts. Rich taste. Beautifully bitter. Wide and balanced mouthfeel.


 SkyCop32 (286), Morlautern, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 22, 2008  
This was a slight red hazy color with the aroma of fruit. The taste was good with the bread and bitter hopps coming into play right away. Overall this is not a bad beer and looks good in the glass as well.


 tomer (380), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 1, 2008  
0.5L bottle, clear copper red colour, quite beautiful. Small stable fluffy head that lasts for a while. strong and dominant aroma of hops with whiffs of herbs and tea, some sour bread notes acompanying. Taste is very bitter withy almost no sweetness whatsoever, also sour bread and barnyard aromas. Aftertaste is also dominated by strong bitterness with touches of sourness.


 oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Shared w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a nice golden orange color. Aromas of floral and fruit. Flavor toasty malt, hop bitterness with a slight hint of citrus.


 jfb (419), Weihenstephan, Germany
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 22, 2008  
(bottle) pours a copper-amber colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of roasted malts, light bread and bitter herbal hops. flavour is the same, with a more grainy quality. medium body and cabonation with a roasted-bitter finish.


 Palidor19 (1773), Brandon, Florida, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/54/20
Oct 11, 2008  
this beer tasted too astrigent for me, the aroma reminded me of sweet tea, it bites off strong but the rest is unpleasnt licorice and a bit woody. it is possible I got a bad batch.



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