Bishops Finger

Shepherd Neame's first strong ale, brewed in 1958 at the end of twenty years of malt rationing, and named after an old sign on the pilgrims' route pointing toward Canterbury. A charter requires it to be brewed on a Friday by the master brewer, with hops and barley from Kent and the brewery's artesian mineral water. Ruby-colored ale with a crystal malt base: prune, plum, and dried apricot, pepper, cinnamon, and a blood orange finish.