Bobtheblob
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Just had a pint of this. Not one of my favourites.
Bishops Finger - yuck!
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Saisonator
Landlord.
I am not a fan of any of the bottled beers from the ‘**** and scream’ brewery.
Braufather
Landlord.
I like it, prefer spitfire and masterbrew though. I’ve just brewed golden ale inspired by whitstable bay.
I like it. Also like their IPA, and their 1689. Their yeast is interesting, and imparts a unique taste to their brews IMHO, that you either love or hate.
I'm not a fan either.
In fact, there are few bottled beers I do like, if I didn't homebrew I probably wouldn't drink much at home. I only tend to like the bottle-conditioned beers. Aren't the non-bottled conditioned beers pasteurised? There is something in the process that seems to remove a lot of flavour to my taste buds.
In fact, there are few bottled beers I do like, if I didn't homebrew I probably wouldn't drink much at home. I only tend to like the bottle-conditioned beers. Aren't the non-bottled conditioned beers pasteurised? There is something in the process that seems to remove a lot of flavour to my taste buds.
I have had the bottled version and although not one of my favourites i don't think its a bad beer and i have had a lot worse.
MrRook
Landlord.
I'm assuming on tap. Is it possible the pub wasn't diligent in properly maintaining its cellar?
DavidHatton
Junior Member
Had it in bottled form, for £1.25 it's as good as I could expect.
Saisonator
Landlord.
What do you think of Timothy Taylor and Proper Job in bottles.
They are pretty much my go to bottled ales.
An Ankoù
Landlord.
It's probably 30 years since I had a drop of Bishop's Finger and it was lovely stuff. Perhaps SN have sold out on the interim. I recall that one of their bottled beers, Spitfire, I think, used to be sought after for its yeast. I believe it's pasteurised these days.
trummy
Regular.
TT and PJ both good choices but better on cask
Cheyne_brewer
Regular.
Landlord in bottle has never tasted anything vaguely close to the cask version. PJ is a lovely pint either cask or bottled so believably the same wort.
Hi, Shepherd Neame are still original Neame family owned, so by "sold out", did you mean literally they have been bought by someone else (they have not been).
Or something else?
An Ankoù
Landlord.
Something else:
Bishop's Finger used to be a lovely pint whether on draught, bottled or canned, but I haven't tasted it for at least 30
years. It may be that the recipe has been changed to please their accountants or their marketing people. That's what I mean by "sold out". Take Ringwood as another example, before their move from Christchurch Rd, their beer was magnificent, but every line quickly went downhill after that by making it less hoppy and more bland and presumably more mass-marketable. The only beer that is slightly reminiscent of its old glory is Old Thumper, but even that is not as good as it was. Perhaps the same thing has happened to Bishop's FInger.
Saisonator
Landlord.
I think they chip away at the process and ingredients a little at a time. One change is probably not easily noticeable but numerous changes over time will make the beer bland and not worth drinking.
MmmBeer
Brew Pub Brewer
I bought a couple of bottles of Bishops Finger recently and having read this I thought I would try one last night. It was nothing special, but it was a pleasant drink and a 5.4% bitter for £1.25 seems quite acceptable to me. Maybe you just had one of a dodgy batch.
It's one of SN's better beers IMO - Are you sure there isn't a bishops finger floating in it?
Proper Job is good in bottles, it's bottle-conditioned though so more like a real ale in a bottle. Not tried Landlord in a bottle. the only time I tend to drink bottled beer is on holiday when I can't get enough homebrew in the car to take to the holiday cottage. Often I'll get a mini-keg or two instead.
In fact, thinking about it, I have got a selection of bottled beers on holiday before and they've all been distinctly average, apart from Proper Job and Old Peculier.
I really like SN's India Pale Ale which is an English IPA, and their 1698 which is bottle conditioned and has supplied me with a yeast culture in the past. I went to a Great British Beer Festival a few years back and for me the draught SN IPA was head and shoulders above most of the beers I sampled from so called craft brewers, many of which were very disappointing.
However I am not too keen on Spitfire and can't remember trying Bishops Finger.
And I was under the impression that most UK breweries micro filter their non bottle conditioned beers nowadays, not pasteurise which is really a thing of the past, although will be corrected on that if someone knows otherwise.
However I am not too keen on Spitfire and can't remember trying Bishops Finger.
And I was under the impression that most UK breweries micro filter their non bottle conditioned beers nowadays, not pasteurise which is really a thing of the past, although will be corrected on that if someone knows otherwise.
