Westerham Spirit of Kent Review

Spirit of Kent from Westerham Brewery came to me as part of a gluten free beers order I put in a few weeks ago and am gradually working my way through. Not surprisingly the brewery is based in Kent. Despite them brewing since 2004 I think this is my first Westerham Brewery beer.
Spirit of Kent comes in a pretty cool 440ml can featuring the drawing of a Spitfire. The can also reveals that this beer has 9 different hops, which seems like a lot of hops, and 4% alcohol. Maybe there wasn't enough room for more alcohol after they added the 9th hop?

Spirit of Kent pours nicely enough with an amber/gold body and small white head. Oddly the beer smells a lot like a lager. You can tell it's a hoppy beer straight away, and the only other noticeable aroma is lemon juice. The beers texture is very light, and again a little lager like, but the taste is much more like a pale ale. You'll get a bit of citrus, and some passion fruit notes, but what's noticeable given the amount of hops involved is that none of them really dominate making the flavour a little mild, and maybe a little dull. It's like they've all just cancelled each other out. That said though this really is a nice refreshing beer so I'm going to give Westerham Spirit of Kent 7 out of 10. It's very drinkable, but a little bland.