Bishops Finger (Bottle)
(Batch of Bishops Finger)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.35
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ABV varies in the 5.2-5.4% bracket.
Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale is a connoisseur's beer with excellent credentials and pedigree. 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.
Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale is a connoisseur's beer with excellent credentials and pedigree. 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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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500mL, bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2025
at 21:13
6.5/10
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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
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
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vinmonopolet Egersund
on 12 Sep 2025
at 15:52
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cosmic Comic Cafe
on 02 Aug 2025
at 17:24
6.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2025
at 13:32
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2025
at 19:11
6.4/10
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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: -----
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2025
at 06:01
7.5/10
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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
Tried
on 04 Mar 2025
at 09:28
6/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:05
5.5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 05:32
7/10
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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.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:28