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The Bear Inn (Shepherd Neame)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew BitterGood3
Shepherd Neame - Early BirdGood1
Exmoor - AleAcceptable1
Shepherd Neame - Late RedAcceptable1
Shepherd Neame - Canterbury JackAcceptable1
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)Not Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Kent's BestNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Whitstable Bay Organic AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Bear Inn, Faversham, Kent
Picture 2. The Bear Inn, Faversham, Kent

Visits Details

16 Dec 2012 (Eddie)
13:00 visit I have not been to this pub for a few years but its one of my favorite pubs in the town of Faversham. I love the small bars and the nic nacs plus has some wonderful local characters :)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70ExcellentNice example of this dry hoppy bitter :)
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)4.20Not Tried
28 Aug 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
2045 hours visit. Only one in the atmospheric front corner vault. Lovely old photograph shows this as physically pretty much unchanged for longer than I can remember.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70GoodHeld a very poor head making one wonder if Sheps still encourages some houses to use cask breather
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)4.20Not Tried
09 Mar 2012 (Blair)
Recommended to come here by a drinker in the Elephant and we were glad we did. Fantastic interior with 3 separate bar areas, we sat in the saloon bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Exmoor - Ale3.80AcceptableBit too sweet but still a reasonable pint.
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70Not Tried
02 May 2009 (Andrew)
Such a nice interior that we had to come in. We sat in the saloon bar on our own and admired the chamber pots on the ceiling jostling with the hops.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Early Bird4.30GoodMuch better than the one at the Anchor earlier. Fresh and zingy.
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70Not TriedTony had never had this before and I don't think he'll have it again. Nothing wrong with it other than it was Master Brew.
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)4.20Not Tried
18 Sep 2008 (Andrew)
Never been here before but a friend had said it was a proper old boozer so I thought I’d give it a shot. What a superb pub it is. You come in the front door into a long corridor that goes 30 or so metres into the pub straight to the rear and the toilets. Along the corridor are a number of doors to the public bar, the saloon and the another bar whose name I forget. It reminded me of the kind of pubs I used to frequent when I lived in York. In the Saloon bar where I sat there was bloke who’d turned up with his guitar and was playing Don McClain songs. He just sat there with a pint of Late Red and sang out his songs. Fantastic.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Late Red4.50AcceptableNothing wrong with it but it didn’t blow my world away. Some tart-ish sweet malt.
Shepherd Neame - Canterbury Jack3.50AcceptableIf you’ve seen last month’s edition of Camra’s Beer magazine you’ll have seen that this beer was reviewed and did quite well. One of the reviewers was a well known RateBeer doyen who thought it was quite good. For me it was a frivolous light lemony bit of pointless fluff.
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70Not Tried
26 Aug 2006 (Ian)
Town centre pub with mix of locals and tourists. Fairly busy Saturday lunchtime with a number of people eating.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70AcceptableEarthy yeasty aroma. Yeast flavour in mouth, bit of earthy caramel and then tingly bitter finish. If it wasn't for the finish, it wouldn't have any flavour. Disappointing.
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)4.20Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - Kent's Best4.10Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - Whitstable Bay Organic Ale4.50Not Tried

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About The Bear Inn

The pub sign. The Bear Inn, Faversham, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent10
Good13
Acceptable5
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AG.

Conveniently situated on the Market Square. Three room pub connected by a corridor running down the left side, whilst the bar runs down the right also connecting the 3 rooms. Light public bar at the front, snug in the middle and saloon bar for dining at the rear. Interesting frieze runs the length of the back of the bar. 4 handpumps in both the public and rear bars.

We have visited this pub 26 times, seen 19 different beers and tried 14 of them.

Map location

Postcode: ME13 7AG