Talk:Shepherd Neame Brewery

I'm going to edit this page fairly rigorously as it doesn't come anywhere near a NeutralPointofView. But please don't take this as negative criticism. I as much as you am a fan of real ale: please keep writing about it! sjc PS: most of the second para probably belongs in an article on real ale.sjc


 * the link to Old Thumper says it's brewed by Ringwood Brewery, not Shepherd Neame, is this an error or is Ringwood a subsidary of S&M, in which case this should be clarified quercus robur 23:11 Mar 30, 2003 (UTC)


 * Old Thumper is indeed a Ringwood beer, and as far as I know there's no relation between them and Shepherd Neame (S.Neame is Kentish, Ringwood is Hampshire or somewhere that way on). I'll take it out. --Camembert

Just storing a link in here to the annual production: 200,000 barrels claim Ojw 12:03, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Someone probably ought to mention what I saw in the paper the other day - they're older than they thought, by something like a century. If only I could remember where and when I saw it... 86.11.124.189 17:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

http://www.faversham.org/pages/news_item.aspx?i_PageID=171231&i_News_CatID=1 describes research which suggests brewing in Court Street was taking place between 1550 and 1573.

With regard to the the list of beers, somebody should include Original Porter, a quite distinctive seasonal dark cask beer that has also been bottled in the past.
 * Ditto the IPA, which seems to have slowly disappeared since the millenium but was my personal favourite. Whilst I'm here, I'd make the comment that the whole article still feels a bit WP:ADVERTy in tone, even if there's not many specific problems. It could just do with a major copyedit. 81.109.188.161 (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Also missing are Canterbury Jack, Faversham Hop Festival Ale, Kents Best, and 1698. All of which are sometimes available on draught TacoJim (talk) 12:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

History section
The whole history section needs to be referenced. Where does this info come from?Zigzig20s (talk) 10:06, 26 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I suspect it all comes from Theo Barker's book, but much of it was added from a bygone era where not citing sources was less of an issue. I'd quite like to improve this article, and since the brewery is just down the road from me, I should be able to get some local books as well and get a good article (or even a good article) out of it. Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   15:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Bishop's Finger
The article says: "Bishop's Finger ... takes its name from the Kentish nickname for an ancient signpost on the Pilgrims Way pointing to Canterbury and the shrine of Thomas A Becket", which is uncited. I was under the impression that a "Bishop's Finger" was an historic term for any of the old finger board type signs: they show the right way to go, but don't go themselves – a slander on morality of bishops generally! Can anyone provide a citation either way? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:12, 16 February 2017 (UTC)