Sheperd Neame-Spitfire

[aceuass]

This is what I came up with
12.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 92.01 %
0.35 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 2.66 %
0.35 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2.66 %
0.35 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2.66 %
0.50 oz Target [8.00 %] (90 min) Hops 14.0 IBU
0.80 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.80 %] (15 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
0.80 oz First Gold [7.50 %] (15 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
0.80 oz Target [8.00 %] (15 min) Hops 10.4 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings [4.50 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Thames Valley Ale (Wyeast Labs #1275) Yeast-Ale
Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.69 %
Bitterness: 40.8 IBU
Est Color: 8.8 SRM
Cheers
Paul

[nobby]

Is this from an established recipe or not??? Just to my eyes the 3 diffrent Crystal Malts and late hops seem over complex.

[aceuass]

NOT
"this is what I came up with"
should of given it away
this is my clone
sorry if it mislead you

[kentspitfire]

Hi,

I'm going to be attempting my first extract brew soon and wanted to make something close to the greatest beer of all time (spitfire). Obviously I know I'm not gonna get something as nice but am just looking for something close, that is in my capabilities.

After searching for recipes, it brought me to this recipe, which is obviously all grain. From my limited knowledge, I have drafted a simpler extract recipe as follows:

3kg dried malt extract - light. 264pts / 5 gallons= 1.0528 sg

0.5 oz - target hops 60 mins, 12.8% AA, 23 IBU
1 oz - east Kent gold hops 15 mins, 4.5% AA, 8.1 IBU
1 oz - first gold hops, 10 mins, 8% AA, 14.4 IBU

Total IBU= 45.5

Can anyone tell me whether this should produce something drinkable and spitfire like? And also whether light malt extract is suitable?

Any help or suggestions with this is much appreciated.

[RichardG]

You chaps may find the following thread interesting:-

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33419&p=406132&hili ... re#p406132

kentspitfire, the only thing you may want to consider is steeping some crystal to add in. Either way, I always feel that the principle ingredient that goes with cloning a SN brew is the yeast. It's quite distinctive and I'm not aware of any of the 'standard' commercial yeasts that matches it. However, I believe that Brewlabs hold SN yeast in their bank and will supply it. May be worth an enquiry.

[coatesg]

On very good authority (possibly the best authority you could ever have for Spitfire......) the two tricks with Spitfire are a) ferment to encourage fruity esters which makes it taste slightly fuller bodied, and b) it finishes very dry for the strength it comes out at. I'd imagine both are fairly yeast dependent.