Spitfire Amber Ale (Bottle)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.99
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Spitfire Amber Kentish Ale was first brewed in 1990 to commemorate the Battle of Britain which was fought in the skies above Kent 50 years earlier and is one of the leading ales in the UK. Spitfire Amber Ale combines the pick of Kentish hops to layer bitter orange marmalade flavour on top of sweet biscuits and caramel malts for a peppery dry finish. Hops: Target, Challenger, East Kent Goldings, First Gold.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5
I have drunk so many of these in my time, but this is the first rate. A classic English bitter that tasted sweeter than I remember, but that may be due to the beers that I had before drinking this. Malt, bittering hops and a good mouthfeel resulted in a perfectly pleasant pint, but nothing special. That sweetness was odd, but I haven't had this for quite a long time.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2018
at 08:34
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
0.5 l bottle from 'The English Shop' (Dortmund), bottled in November 2017. Clear, deep amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish, floral, slightly herbal-grassy and a little fruity aroma of caramel, tea leaves and orange blossom. Moderately sweet, slightly bitter, moderately herbal-grassy, a bit floral and a little fruity taste of caramel, tea leaves, orange blossom and some marmelade, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly herbal-grassy and a bit metallic finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2018
at 19:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear golden beer with a nice white head. Smell is dry and malty with a bit of fruit. Taste is bitter malt, a bit of grassy hop and some caramel. Not bad. A slightly watery aftertaste and a short finish on the whole let it down slightly but it's a perfectly drinkable beer.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2018
at 17:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours clear dark ambercopper. Small to no head. Smell is caramelly, spare ribs, for some reason.. raw maltyness. taste is sharp, bit thin even. Intense ambermalts, metallic. Toasty, bit dry, in taste, yet sticky as well , in mouthfeel. Possibly some sugars were used ? No skunk, even though a clear bottle ( tetra hops ? )
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 09:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2017
at 02:46
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Lidl. Clear amber, small to medium off-white head. Caramel, candy, metallic, low on hops. Socks. Light malty, toffee, brown bread. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation, abrupt finish. Watery. Some hops there after all, very strange mixture of aromas due to uneven balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 08:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
½ Pint keg @ hostel. Got a voucher for a free drink as welcoming gift. Neat, no great options obviously but hey they had this to tick. Dark amber. Nose is bland stale caramel, paper, cardboard UK malts, old cereal. Taste is stale cardboard UK cereal caramel malts, unpleasant bitter cardboard finish that got quite off-putting overtime.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2017
at 05:23
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Na prvy pohlad pekna farba piva. Vone nevyrazna. A chut prijemna s krasnym horkastym zakoncenim.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 14:07
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Još jedna loša lidlova "craft" piva. Ova je posebnija od prijašnjih zato jer ima nekakvu gorčinu u sebi.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2017
at 11:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From old tasting notes. Amber gold color. Big rocky beige head. Soft fragrant malt nose. Bittersweet toasted malt flavor is soft and complex with hints of butterscotch and toffee.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2017
at 22:28