Shepherd Neame Kent's Best (Pasteurised)

Kent's Best (Pasteurised)
(Batch of Kent's Best)

 

Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.67
ABV: 4.1% IBU: - Ticks: 12
Keg & bottle: Pasteurised.

This is an ambient bitter, successfully merging the biscuity sweetness of English malt with the fruity, floral bitterness of locally grown East Kent Goldings and Target hops, to give a clean, satisfying and moreish drink.

Also sold as Premium House Ale in the Swedish Bishops Arms pub chain.
 

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5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle at party. Amber colour. Caramel aroma, but really not much. Dull beer really.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2015 at 14:04

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draught as Bumpkin Ale @ Bumpkin, Stratford, London
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and citrus. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 22 Jan 2014 at 01:05

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Clear light brown colour. Floral hop in the aroma. Flavour is rather bland and weak and slightly metallic but has some light fruity notes and a dry, bitter hop finish.
Tried on 24 Sep 2013 at 12:20

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Clear 500ml bottle on 9th Aug 2013 at my parents: poured into a chalice (twice). Good amber coat to the brew, a small white head hung around on both pours’ but not for very long. Malt front to the nose and taste, caramel and toffee notes to be precise. Mild floral and fruit hints in the taste, but the aroma is all malts. A bit thin body wise, but OK for a cheap supermarket beer, which is what this beer really is.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2013 at 11:03

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Keg at the RHCC - 24/12/12. Dark amber with a thin off white head that clears to the edge. Nose is malt, toffee and biscuit. Taste follows, touch of summer fruit and light hops. Medium bodied with a little spritz in the carbonation. Pretty basic boring stuff.
Tried on 26 Dec 2012 at 07:49

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear golden ale with diminishing head. High bitter aroma, sweet bitter flavour.
Tried on 17 Nov 2012 at 14:49

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
50cl bottle from Tesco, Hastings. Amber with a billowing white head; typical shep aroma with some caramel; straightforward malty flavour with a touch of toast; light earthy hop finish. A straightforward bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2011 at 12:34

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Draught at Bishop’s Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm, 6 Feb 2008. Labeled as Bishop’s Arms House Ale) Amber colour with frothy off-white head. Fruity, malty nose with nuts and dark fruit. Malty taste with dark fruit and decent amounts of earthy hops in the finish. Light body, mainly dry. Nothing exceptional, but a decent, easy drinking bitter with a balanced hop character.
Tried on 07 Feb 2008 at 13:55

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught@SBWF 2007
Amber color, small creamy off-white head. Nutty hoppy aroma. Nutty hoppy flavor, a bit buttery. Boring ale, but you can drink this, if you don’t have anything else. Not as good as eg. Bishops Finger.
Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2007 at 15:28

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Draught@SBWF2007. Deep copper colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is hoppy, malty and quite caramelly. Flavour is malty, hoppy and slightly dry wooden. Slightly watery.
Tried on 01 Oct 2007 at 23:45