Black Sheep Ale Vs Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger | British Craft Ale Review

[@tommyist598]

Both excellent beers and brewers bought a bishops finger 1.60 in sainsburys today absolute banger of a bargain given current cost of everything

[@tent7014]

Simon The extra flavour of the Bishops Finger was due to where the Finger of the Bishop was prior to Brewing !

[@Kenny-zw1lp]

Love the beers Black Sheep brewery make, the Best at 3.8% has so much flavour. The Black sheep ale was originally called special’ and they call it that on cask. One of my favourites. I think it’s slightly unfair to compare it to Bishops finger, as the ABV strength will influence the flavour. Compare it with Spitfire maybe, both very good beers though. Nice to see best bitters being praised rather than all the over hopped citra IPAs that everyone raves about.

[@pauljones5066]

I agree that Spitfire is a better choice for comparison

[@Martin-lp4yg]

Whats Spitfire these days...4%....wasn't it 4.5....lets carry on with this British obsession with lowering the ABV n ruining our beers in the hope that coz its cheaper due to the lower alcohol it will sell more...dream on!...When they start that debacle I just move on to soemthin else....bunch of tossers thinkin we are brand loyal when u keep screwing up beers...get real...a lot of the taste is down to the alcohol in the bloody beer ffs.

[@craigb2644]

Enjoying the ale reviews now that the hot summer lager days are over. Cold dark nights makes me crave a well brewed dark ale.

[@ronvalente65]

Black sheep brewery came from the Theakstons brewery, Paul Theakston split of and opened his own brewery, he was the Black Sheep of the family, both breweries are in, pronounced Mas ham in North Yorkshire. visited there years ago!

[@martynhewitt91]

Thanks for this review Simon and the kind words for Faversham. As an ex tour guide for Shep's, Bishops Finger was always popular with our visitors. Hopefully you'll be back and welcomed to our lovely market town again.

[@pauljones5066]

you do excellent beers! and I am a northerner

[@tomwilliams7391]

Bishops finger is ok from a bottle, but on cask in a pub it is a really good beer

[@Doupyourflies]

Ale and bottles/tins aren't compatible at all. Ales are cask beers they taste horrible with CO2. Hissing and fizzing, pushing the flavours around the inside of the mouth isn't right for these beers.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@DoupyourfliesAt least they aren’t vinegar tasting which is what cask beer is

[@haraldpulley5748]

Both comments I agree with ha. Cask when good is the best but too often the Wednesday pint can be like vinegar. Tim taylors and fuller esb and proper job the top three ale by bottle in my opinion.

[@tobyjackman3212]

Bishop's finger is a bit of a Lidl aisle _go to_ for me when the nights draw in. Good, solid & dependable British beer that the marketing boffins don't feel the need to make a song & dance about. Cheers Si! 🍺

[@haraldpulley5748]

Enjoyed as always!

[@nigeltrivass4128]

Bishops Finger used to be 5.4, and I think it was far superior to its current incarnation. The Black Sheep is delicious and definitely a session drink. It goes surprisingly well with food, especially currys.

[@andrewcarr5923]

I contacted Shepherd Neame to ask them why they had ruined Bishops Finger and Spitfire by reducing the ABV and pumping them full of Glucose syrup, their reply We haven't changed the recipe and we've reduced the Abv to reflect our customers health conscious drinking habits - What a load of cobblers !

[@kinggeoffrey3801]

​@@andrewcarr5923all that's happening is people are drinking more as the AVB hit is to weak.😂

[@andrewcarr5923]

Very true, possibly more dangerous in the long term.@@kinggeoffrey3801

[@bluedeskfan2754]

Both fine beers. Tend to have Bishops for the price.

[@PaddySenier-uj6dt]

Love both of them. Shame that Bishops Finger ABV has reduced. Great review.

[@pauljones5066]

2 excellent beers, both favourites of mine p.s. they pronounce Masham "Mas" "Ham" (no "shh..." sound). The Theakstones brewery is also there. The Blacksheep brewery has excellent shop, bar and visitor's centre.

[@matt__williams]

I’m quite partial to a Bishops Finger, especially this time of year.

[@ylpea5170]

Good thing a bottle of Bishop´s Finger sets you back some 4,80€ here in Finland....

[@madeinyorkshire52]

Love your channel which I discovered just a few weeks ago. I live down south but born in Yorkshire so I suppose I should point out to you that it’s not “Masham” where the brewery is based - it should be pronounced like it has a Z in the name - so phonetically just a Little bit like “Mazam” or perhaps easier to think of it as having a silent “h”. Keep up the great work and beer reviews. I’m an ex CAMRA member by the way. Favourite tipple was always Gales HSB before they got bought out; and for that winter/ very dark strong taste maybe Gales Prize Old Ale or Thomas Hardy’s Ale - both working bottled beers with sentiment in the bottle. Or perhaps Westmalle Tripel - one of those Trappist Monk beers from Belgium (also bottle conditioned). Oh and I also meant to add I think (from memory) the owner of Black sheep Brewery was one of the main Brewery team members of Theakstons

[@SharronHodgson]

Think it says on both bottles only to be used in a slow cooker .

[@kylereed9309]

Black sheep brewery is right next door to theakstons brewery. It's not in the middle of nowhere they are practically in the centre of Masham but yet Masham itself is difficult to get to haha. Plenty of good pubs as well 👍

[@agdewey]

Black Sheep brewery was founded by Paul Theakston, after he decided to go his own way.

[@stewartclarke2474]

Keep these Vs videos coming

[@SNIPERSUPERTEN]

Good review although if they were drunk in a standard pint glass without a neucleated bottom they will be much tastier in my opinion,I find lagers do better in those sort of glasses rather than ales .😀

[@yo32ride]

Great channel have you reviewed Shepherd neame 1698?

[@FighterPilot1945]

Good to see you do real ale beer reviews for real beer drinkers!...bishops for me!, good review.👍

[@TheVoosters]

lol!

[@Jayjayuk12345]

Bishops Finger, only £1.25 i think last i looked. I used to drink a number of these, can't go wrong at that price!

[@MichaelTynan-kr6mt]

Yes price is good considering the price in a pub of same. Republic of Ireland u are looking at €3.75 plus to buy these beers.

[@johnp8131]

When of draught back in the eighties, it was usually known as "Nun's delight"! Bet you can't guess which one? One of the better Shepherd Neame beers, even though this is yet another weakened one as others have noticed. Same with the Black Sheep offering, they used to brew one called "Emmerdale" which was a bit stronger again but I don't think they do it anymore? There just seems to be a big gap in the strength up to "Riggwelter" at 5.7% or 5.9%? Depending upon whether it's bottled or draught?

[@jeroenjb2008]

Guinness versus Murphy’s or Beamish I would like to see you comparing

[@ttmadness34]

roasty, toasty, biscuity, bready, nutty, spicy, peppery.

[@rangojango2698]

Bishops Finger ale is the best, love it

[@roybruggeling4413]

Si, maybe a blind taste test of 10 pilsners and try to guess wich is wich? With a little help of mel?

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

These two should match up well since they're both ESB ales.

[@Doupyourflies]

Guinness versus Carling is the one we want.

[@third7715]

They’re totally different styles of beer and both are shit, doubt it’ll happen.

[@7quidstudio]

It really isn't 😂

[@Doupyourflies]

@@third7715 My point. Exactly. Abbot v Old Peculier? Two completely different styles so why not Carling v Guinness, I bet Simon couldn't tell the difference blind!

[@alestout5632]

Bit of a miss match Kentish strong ale V a Yorkshire bitter

[@muzzymuzzmuzz1]

Hmm.. a Shepherd's Neame beer vs Black Sheep..like trying to pick between drinking from a muddy puddle or a sheep dip...no thanks to either 😢

[@davidhorn6008]

1.00 - Exactly are You putting these beers together? You are comparing Apples with Pears.

[@ianrobinson5841]

Who doesn't like a bishop's finger inside them now and again

[@MarkoFish-zc2fi]

I stopped buying Shepherd Neame beers because they add sugar

[@malinowegacie]

That glass isn't good to smell the aroma.

[@7quidstudio]

Is it wrong that I session DIPA's? 😂

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Bishops Finger used to be my go to beer for many, many years when it was 5.4 ABV in the clear glass bottles with the purple bottle tops. Now Shepherd Neame have completely ruined it by changing the recipe, changing the bottles to opaque brown with gold tops, changing the ABV to 5.2 and by jacking up the price by 20%+. What a completely disgusting and cynical manoeuvre. I could forgive them for being Tories, because that tends to go with the territory for major brewering companies, but I will never forgive them for ruining my long time favourite beer and I will not buy it ever again.

[@ianholmes24]

Craft beers they are not... 😂

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

By 'eck. York...shy...er bitter!

[@sean_heisler]

Keep up that hair, Simon, don’t cut it!

[@23021982craig]

Black sheep is a bad beer for me 🤢

[@passmethechinesemenu]

Seems you ve become almost obsessed by these verses videos Simon . Personally I m bored with them now , most are pretty pointless but if they are getting you more viewers good luck to ya .

[@chrisward1666]

He’s not forcing you to watch them. The internet is a big place, I’m sure you can find something you enjoy.