Spitfire Clone

[Western Brewer]

Spitfire clone from the american (see how I insult them with a small A ) book Clone brews.

For 5 (US gallons) or 19ltrs

8.25lb (3.7kg) British 2 row pale malt.
1/4lb (113g) British wheat malt.
1/2lb (230g) 55L British crystal malt.
6oz (170g) toasted 2 row pale malt.
6oz (170g) British amber malt.
4oz (113g) Torrified wheat.

Mash @ 150F (65.5C) for 90 minutes.

90 Minute boil.
1oz (28g) Target @ 8.5 AA (8.5 HBU) bittering hop 90 minutes.
1oz (28g) East Kent goldings. Flavour hop 15 minutes.
1 tsp Irish moss 15 minutes.
1/2oz (14g) east Kent Goldings. 1 minute Arome hop.

the bittering hop rate is for the extract recipe. A note in the all grain version which I have quoted states. Add 6 HBU (30% less than extract recipe) of bittering hops for 90 minutes of the boil.

Yeast Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast.
Ferment at 68-72F (20-22C)

Ferment for 5-7 days in primary, siphon to secondary and add
1/2oz East Kent Goldings. Dry hop.

[Matt]

Nice one WB. Thanks for posting this.

I recall that the information board at Shepheard & Neame stated that Pearl was their Pale Malt of choice.

The only part I'm unsure about is the toasted - presumably this is a DIY job, a la Papazian's guidelines in the Joy of … ?

Cheers,
Matt

[norman]

The Real Ale Almanac version of this beer is available in the RECIPE section.

[Matt]

Thanks v much norman.

Following copied from Norman's original thread …
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SPITFIRE ALE Shepherd Neam Faversham Kent.

25 litre batch OG 1045 ABV 4.7 35 units of colour 43 EBU

HALCYON PALE MALT 3754 gms
AMBER MALT 250 gms
CRYSTAL MALT 400 gms
WHEAT MALT 200 gms
TORRIFIED WHEAT 400 gms

HOPS Boil time 90 minutes

TARGET 30 gms
GOLDINGS 28 gms
Add 10 gms Goldings last 15 minutes.

Yeast of your choice.

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[Western Brewer]

Cheers Norm. Didn't realise that there was a recipe already there. Nice to have achoice to see which is closest to the original.

[Frothy]

Brilliant - thanks guys
Looks like yet another opportunity to do a bit of trial / inventive brewing

Frothy

[crow_flies]

I just used t58 for a brew and that sulpherous whiff is definitely in their brew. I wonder if it might be a good yeast to use cloning Neame's ales?

I will have to investigate at some point....

/CF