Sanctuary in stupor (Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger)

Member Name: superguinness

Product:	Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger
Date:	24/06/01 (74 review reads)
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Advantages: dark, fruity, strong

Disadvantages: four , pints

Sometimes I want to drink in order to forget all around me. You know, bad day at work, other things in your life a hopeless mess, bills through the door - you know the score. Well lucky for me I discovered this little grenade in a bottle just in time. Its a very strong premium cask conditioned ale brewed by mixing together barley with some potent little Kent hops and water scooped straight out of Shepherd Neame's very own hole in the ground.

I don't think it goes particularly well with food, although I have had it with my turkey on Christmas Day more than once. Its better taken in the evening on its own, either relaxing at home or in a traditional pub in the company of someone who doesn't mind it too much when you start slurring your speech.

They say its full bodied with a fruity flavour, but to me its just something very different from the more normal types of beer. I drink the bottled variant - its the stronger option and its quite dark - certainly dark enough to make you start wondering exactly what there is lurking deep inside its depths. So why has it got such a strange name? Well I really don't know, but I bet whatever it was it happened a long time ago, after all Sheapherd Neame have been at it since 1698.

A B V: Cask - 5.0%, Bottle - 5.4%

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