It’s all in the name or is that Neame Shepherd Neame. The legend has it that those that drank spitfire real ale were pilots fighting against the Germans during the 2nd world war.
It’s claimed that pilots of the world famous plane would take to the skies with 2 barrels of beer from Shepherd Neame drink the entire contents of beer and proceed to fill the barrel with gun power. The refilled beer barrels would then be dropped on enemy targets.
The pilots would then fly back home to refill with fresh beer.
This of course is a story of legends and with all legends names are born the name of Spitfire Real Ale.
Over the years and after the war things came back down to earth and the real ale drinkers of the future were born from the fighter pilots and moved to the city of London where they became high flying city stock brokers, whose favourite drink after champagne is spitfire beer.
It’s all true, you simply could not make this up.
To enjoy a pint of spitfire real ale make sure your local pub is supplied by Shepherd Neame the oldest brewery in the UK based in Kent.
