Bishops Finger - yuck!

[strange-steve]

It's a shame the beer isn't as good as their advertising.

 

[MmmmCitra]

Very true.......'oh 'er missus'

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[DavidHatton]

It's a shame the beer isn't as good as their advertising.

More tea vicar.

 

[DavidHatton]

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No straighter finger in tv land

 

[Viamphie]

I find that any S&N is a good beer. I’ve not tried Bishops finger for quite a few years but I remember it as a good pint. I think I first tried it at a Beer Festival in Northampton. Way back when people could stand in the same field as one another.....anyway I digress.
Another nice easy drinking beer (about 3.8%) was a beer called Tolly English Ale. Morrison’s once sold it for about £1 a bottle then it disappeared. No idea who brewed it but it was nice. If in doubt reach for a Hobgoblin. What ever happened to Green Goblin cider?

 

[Arcs]

I see BF and or Spitfire and cringe, yuck :c

 

[terrym]

Another nice easy drinking beer (about 3.8%) was a beer called Tolly English Ale. Morrison’s once sold it for about £1 a bottle then it disappeared. No idea who brewed it but it was nice.?

Greene King, and its 2.8%
https://www.greenekingshop.co.uk/shop/beer/specialist-beers/low-alcohol/tolly-english-ale/Tolly Cobbold was an Ipswich brewer based at Cliff Quay who sold up in the 1970s and the name somehow ended up with GK, via Brent Walker (anyone remember them?).

 

[531Man]

Greene King, and its 2.8%
https://www.greenekingshop.co.uk/shop/beer/specialist-beers/low-alcohol/tolly-english-ale/Tolly Cobbold was an Ipswich brewer based at Cliff Quay who sold up in the 1970s and the name somehow ended up with GK, via Brent Walker (anyone remember them?).

Hi Terry,
My school mate (and subsequently Best Man) was Tolly Cobbold's head brewer, brought in under the management buy-out of '89-'90. Moved to Fullers, then finally back to Shepherd Neame before retiring.
And so the thread is restored to the OP.
We both still live in Kent.
By the way, the local nick-name for Bishop's Finger is Nun's delight.
Of late, my favourite of their draught beers have been Spitfire Gold, and Whitstable Bay Pale Ale. Sunny pub garden, mid-countryside cycle ride. Just right. Back in the day I liked Master Brew Bitter, but it has been mucked around with so much over the years it's unrecognisable.
Never had the 'little problem' others 'report'.
It's one of those 'Marmite liking' things, I suppose.
Robin.

 

[RichieBeer]

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.

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.

I believe 1698 (6.5%) is the only bottle of theirs that still bottle conditioned

 

[pms67]

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.

Brewdog head brewer here
Your hired

 

[mitch]

Id never drink it just on the name...
Reminds me too much of my strict catholic all boys school...
And sends shivers down my spine.
No wonder i drink...... (but not much)

 

[mitch]

What do you think of Timothy Taylor and Proper Job in bottles.
They are pretty much my go to bottled ales.

Im a big fan of PJ. A good 5.5% brew i always have an emergency shelf full of this in the fridge. TT not so much of a fan.

 

[Bobtheblob]

I like a bottle of Proper Job IPA too.

 

[Merkin]

Id never drink it just on the name...
Reminds me too much of my strict catholic all boys school...
And sends shivers down my spine.
No wonder i drink...... (but not much)

The Bishop's Finger pub in Canterbury was always better known informally as The Nun's Delight.

 

[Braufather]

The Bishop's Finger pub in Canterbury was always better known informally as The Nun's Delight.

where in Canterbury is it?

 

[531Man]

where in Canterbury is it?

The Bishop's Finger is on St. Dunstan's Street, just up on the right from the West Gate.
Google maps confirm this.
Regards,
Robin.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Bishop's Finger is on St. Dunstan's Street,

 

[Merkin]

where in Canterbury is it?

St Dunstans St, betwixt Canterbury West station and the Westgate Towers.
I've not been there for a few years - very popular with students.

https://www.bishopsfingercanterbury.co.uk/

 

[Viamphie]

Greene King, and its 2.8%
https://www.greenekingshop.co.uk/shop/beer/specialist-beers/low-alcohol/tolly-english-ale/Tolly Cobbold was an Ipswich brewer based at Cliff Quay who sold up in the 1970s and the name somehow ended up with GK, via Brent Walker (anyone remember them?).

ahhh 2.8% no wonder I could drink more of that. Still I liked it. No accounting for taste.