[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Putting one and one together, I think this is the origin of this brewery: http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/

The Spitfire ale is from our local brewers, Shepherd Neame at Faversham, as we are in the Battle of Britain area, this basically how the brand came about in recent years. Their advertising campaign at the time had amusing slogans. Doubt very much that it was anything to do with flying it to France in '44. That beer run was quickly nipped in the bud by Customs and Excise from what I remember reading.