Spitfire (Cask & Can)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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A true classic, Spitfire Amber is the head of the Spitfire family and a true taste of Kent. It was first brewed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, played out in the skies above Kentish soil. It is brewed using 100% Kentish hops, the finest malt and water drawn from a well deep beneath Shepherd Neame’s Faversham brewery.
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5.2/10
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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.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2017
at 12:23
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 May 2016
at 16:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at The Duke of Wellington, Chelsea. It pours clear amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is brown bread, malt-driven, cereal, caramel and a touch of orange marmalade. The taste is dry upfront, sort of bitter, a light bit light and wishy-washy, caramel and some orange marmalade. Light body and limited carbonation. No real depth of flavour. A bit light and dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2016
at 02:42
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at ushers. Pours clear golden, nose is cereal, toffee, taste is bland toffee, watery, harsh finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2016
at 10:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Cask at the Woodrow Wilson, Carlisle. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of butterscotch and little else. Taste is more of the same. Mineral note on the finish
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2015
at 04:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Appearance: Clear deep copper golden color with a thick off white head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, floral hoppy and toffee.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and an ok bitterness. Soft to flat carbonation.
Taste: Fruity, bready, toffee and floral.
Overall impression: Really nice and easy drinkable ale. I only wish it could be a little bit more carbonation.
Personal stats: On tap @ Old Blighty
Aroma: Fruity, floral hoppy and toffee.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and an ok bitterness. Soft to flat carbonation.
Taste: Fruity, bready, toffee and floral.
Overall impression: Really nice and easy drinkable ale. I only wish it could be a little bit more carbonation.
Personal stats: On tap @ Old Blighty
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2015
at 09:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Much appreciated ESB since 1990, to commemorate the Battle of England in World War II, hence the name. Beautiful warm amber colour, thin head as expected from an English cask-conditioned bitter; caramelly character with buttermilk (diacetyl), apple, orange, grassy hops; soft maltiness with a long but not very sharp, leafy, elegant hop bitterness, very satisfying. Above average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2014
at 10:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
w zapachu karmel, toffi i lekkie mydło. bursztynowy kolor z ładną pianą. w smaku gorzkie od karmelu, dość wytrawne, lekki popiół.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2014
at 11:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Deep amber appearance, not much of a head. Aroma is hoppy and spicy. A smoooth taste which has malt and hops in the background. Distinctive Shepherd Neame taste. Pretty good.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2014
at 09:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Mabel Tavern, London. Pours golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light grass. Flavor is malt, caramel, nuts, grass. Medium body, soft carbonation. 190913
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2013
at 10:49