Bishops Finger
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.32
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The beer was named after an ancient Kentish signpost found on the Pilgrim’s Way pointing to Canterbury and the shrine of Thomas à Becket in the city’s world-famous Cathedral.
A rich and fruity ruby ale, it has won numerous awards, including World’s Best Bitter in the 2024 World Beer Awards, and also holds EU Protected Geographical Indication, recognising its unique provenance as a Kentish Strong Ale. Uniquely, it is brewed to a charter which states it can only be brewed by the head brewer on a Friday and must use 100% natural ingredients - Kentish hops and barley - and the brewery's own artesian mineral water.
Flavour profile
Fashioned on a firm, fruity foundation of Crystal malt, this rich, ruby-coloured Kent classic belies its burly appearance with a complexity of flavour. Mouth-filling fruit, prunes, plums and dried apricot spiked with palate-prickling pepper, cinnamon and a soft bitter blood-orange finish.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500mL, bottle.
NilsAS (11500) reviewed Bishops Finger (Bottle) from Shepherd Neame 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Utseende: Kobber brun.
Lukt: Malt, fruktig.
Smak: Malt, fruktig, rosin.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-7=6.5, Bottle@500ml, ABV@5.2%, Når@2025.09.12.
Hvor: Kjøpt@VP Egersund, Nydt@hjemme.
Navn: Bishops Finger (Bottle)
Stil: BITTER - ESB / STRONG BITTER
Bryggeri: Shepherd Neame
gave a cheers!
Psytron (8000) reviewed Bishops Finger (Bottle) from Shepherd Neame 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Smell of sweet malt, faint nuts. Copper colour, beige head. Aroma of hops, earth, sweet malt, faint toffee. Medium sweet, lightly bitter. Lively carbon. Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 01-03-15 - 500ml bottle, pours brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of earth, bread, hints of toffee & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Kupferrote Farbe, fast glasklar. Geringe Schaumentwicklung. Etwas Malz, Traubensaft und Holz in der Nase. Vom Traubensaft bleibt beim Trinken fast nichts. Dafür kommt ein Hauch Leder, Lebkuchen und Eisen hinzu. Bitter / malziger Nachgeschmack. Recht süffig, aber mit genügend Substanz und Tiefe. Ist OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
0.5 l bottled. I did not take notes while having this one, therefore: -----
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Zapach chmielowy przyjemny jakby miętowy trochę ziołowy trochę siano, skoszona trawa skunks Herbaciany kolor, klarowne, biała piana znikająca Smak gorzki chmielowy to dominuje, a później trochę słodów Nagazowanie średnie orzeźwiajace dobrze się pije, mało ciała Przyjemnie się pije takie sesyjne
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
nice amber color, good carbonation.
aroma is quite hoppy. flavour is the same, but i’[m getting a big metallic bite. yuck, once the metal is gone, you get a slightly sweet, and bitter finish.
Biilz (2915) reviewed Bishops Finger (Bottle) from Shepherd Neame 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Аромат классического битера. Немного карамельки на оттенке, много травянистости от континентального хмеля. Цвет красно-коричневый, пенка очень мыльная и крупнопузырчатая. Вкус хоть и питкий но плотненький. Снова травянистость которая уже в горчинку длительную переходит. Оттенки карамельки легкой, в целом не плохо для стиля который я не люблю.