Spitfire (Cask & Can)
(has 1 batch)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.16
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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 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
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