Spitfire

[andysmok]

I'm brewing this tomorrow, the recipe is from http://www.hopandgrain.com
I have changed the recipe slightly as i am using EK Golding's as i have no goldings (not sure how the taste differs) Also i ran the recipe through Graham Wheelers beer engine and to reach the required abv i had to keep all the quantities the same but reduce batch from a 25l to 23l. I'm not sure if the original post was written wrong.

Spitfire
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Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 8 lbs. 4.4 oz 3750 grams 76.3%
Amber Malt 60 EBC 0 lbs. 4.2 oz 120 grams 2.4%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 15.1 oz 430 grams 8.7%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 4.1%
Torrefied Wheat 4 EBC 0 lbs. 14.0 oz 400 grams 8.1%
Black Malt 1300 EBC 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 15 grams 0.3%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Target Whole 9.5 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.0 oz 29 grams 45.3%
Golding Whole 4.0 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 25 grams 39.1%
Golding Whole 4.0 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 15.6%


Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.6% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 42.8807570117815 EBU
Colour: 34 EBC

[PureGuiness]

I'm planning on doing this one sometime soon. I'd be interested in how it turns out. Keep us posted

[flytact]

I did a Spitfire clone a couple years ago. Even made a badge for it. Can't seem to find the recipe, but I k now it was a great pint! Possibly it cam from the BYOBRAAH?

[Garth]

Andy, don't worry about the EK Goldings/Goldings thing, they're the same hop.

Made this a couple of years ago, was a good pint.

[andysmok]

I had a sneek preview last night of a couple of bottles which i made when i kegged. The colour was great and it tasted fantastic,(even the wife loved it), It was quite biscuity maybe a little too much but it had only been in the bottle for 2 weeks, i think it will probably calm down over the next 4 weeks. Can''t wait to try!

[simple one]

I used to think that spitfire was a poor/mediocore pint. That was until last weekend. Went to a good quality pub, directors was off. So had one. Its amazing how different a beer can taste when served with care.

[andysmok]

I used to think that spitfire was a poor/mediocore pint. That was until last weekend. Went to a good quality pub, directors was off. So had one. Its amazing how different a beer can taste when served with care.

Totaly agree, if i was to have a micro brewery i would carefuly vet the pubs i supply

[WishboneBrewery]

I used to think that spitfire was a poor/mediocore pint. That was until last weekend. Went to a good quality pub, directors was off. So had one. Its amazing how different a beer can taste when served with care.

I've had a good pint of Spitfire in a pub and it surpassed the bottled beer

[simple one]

Yep, always avoided the bottled stuff due to thinking that it would be bland like the stuff I drank at the place with bad pub skills. Might have to do a bit of research...

[coatesg]

Always found the bottle spitfire bit too highly carbonated - not a patch on a good pint of cask spitfire.

I've done this recipe in the past (well, very close to it anyhow!) with Windsor yeast and it came out very well. I tried a rogue bottle of it that I gave to a friend a fair few months later (after finishing my stocks), and despite a bit of over-carbonation, if someone had given it to me and said it was spitfire, I would have easily believed them.

[mysterio]

I used to think that spitfire was a poor/mediocore pint. That was until last weekend. Went to a good quality pub, directors was off. So had one. Its amazing how different a beer can taste when served with care.

Very true.

[andysmok]

Well after about 6 weeks in the keg this beer is by far my best yet. The over biscutie taste has mellowed away which probably was mainly coming from the wlp005 yeast i used. I should really buy a bottle of spitfire and do a true comparison, but to be honest I don't care if if tastes similar to it or not as it is right up my street. just wish I hadn't started drinking it 2 weeks ago as its nearly all gone!!! MUST BE PATIENT I shall be brewing this again soon

[WishboneBrewery]

Better still you should find it on handpulled, its better in the cask than the bottle
This could be a brew to add to the list