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Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger

Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Shepherd Neame

Faversham, England

bottled
common

on tap
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3513.25/5.03.25/5.05.4%69.4English pint P  Stats

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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 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 (205), 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 (171), Freising, 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 (1424), 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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