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)