Spitfire (Cask & Can)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Amber brown colour with medium white head that soon diminishes. Aroma slightly drain-like stinky with slight creamy malt. Slight toffee/caramel elements, but overall not much taste. Pleasant in the mouth and with soft carbonation, but really not very interesting.
rumore (5447) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Kaisla, Helsinki, Finland. Pours fairly transparent amber with limited foam. Aroma is classic bitter with caramel, malty, plus peanuts. Body is average with moderate carbonation. Taste is well balanced, everything moderate. Finish is average.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Bisschops Arms in Stockholm ( near the central station ) . The only info I could get was 'spitfire ' as an English Bitter, and that it's 4.5 % . This felt like the most right entry, given that info. if not, admins, please move ? Pours clear rich amber, medium small, very creamy white head with loads of lacing. looks nice! Taste is full, caramelly, oxidation though, quite a lot of it, in comparancy to what you can expect on tap. Have these kegs been sotred warm ? this already shows actual papery notes. Well received caramelly backbone, slight bitterness, rather malty ( toasted bread-notes) background. Hoparioma is very little, English in character. Not bad, but probably not prime condition. Edit toards the glass' ending. As the beer warms up, it opens up to quite a lot of diacetyl. The last sips were surely unpleasantly strong diacetyl. Some is allowed in style, but this was to much. not sure if a line-oriented issue, or beer, or both.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Elephant & Castle, Farnborough. Malty aroma with a floral edge. Dark chestnut. Foamy off-white head. A good looking pint. Light-medium bitter. Dark berries. Biscuits. Light-medium bodied. A sticky, almost chemical, mouthfeel to it. Average carbonation. Relatively abrupt finish. Not too bad. Had blander.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Hoop & Grapes. Pours deep amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is floral, malty, fruit, hop and caramel. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. It's not bad but sure it used to be better?
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Wetherspoon, Birmingham Airport. Poured a clear amber colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is nutty malt, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth dry, light, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering dry bitter finish. A decent session ale.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at Angleterre. Hazy golden amber color. Baking biscuit aroma. Tasteis bready straw.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Cask at Tom Cribb, London. A classic ale that is a good comfort choice. Very gluggable.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. wasn’t expecting much from this, but I also know, it would be at its best. The beer was still a touch dull. Grainy bead aroma. Light sweet taste not much to say.
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Spitfire (Cask & Can) from Shepherd Neame 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
*On cask at Heathrow Terminal 5. Nice caramelly smooth beginning. Not to deep but very easy to drink. Round and fresh stuff with a nice smooth bitter ale aftertaste.