A great hoppy Summer Lightning style beer. It is not on the program,
and the name "Black" and its low strength led me to think it might be
a mild or a porter.
I understand that naming beers is a bit like naming racehorses - it
doesn't really matter what the name is. I just think names like black
eagle fail to evoke the umwelt unt umgeist of the product.

In article <2f785b25-492a-4f06-a86c-267c022bb711
@z5g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, alaneobrien@gmail.com says...
> A great hoppy Summer Lightning style beer. It is not on the program,
> and the name "Black" and its low strength led me to think it might be
> a mild or a porter.
> I understand that naming beers is a bit like naming racehorses - it
> doesn't really matter what the name is. I just think names like black
> eagle fail to evoke the umwelt unt umgeist of the product.
> 

Taken from the brewery website:

"Brewing in Westerham dates back to the early 1600?s. In 1841 Robert Day 
established The Black Eagle Brewery in Westerham to brew pale bitter 
ales while he continued to brew Porters in Bermondsey, using London?s 
softer water.

In 1862 Ben Bushell joined the partnership and for the next 40 years he 
was to drive the growth in the business. Such was the success of The 
Black Eagle Brewery that in 1881 a branch line from Sevenoaks to 
Westerham was constructed to carry beer to and from London. By the turn 
of the century the brewery was the largest employer in Westerham.

The Second World War could not put a stop to one of Kent?s finest 
breweries, and Westerham?s ales were popular with young airmen stationed 
at nearby RAF Biggin Hill. Indeed, following the D-Day landings, 
Westerham Ales were exported to troops in Normandy inside the auxiliary 
fuel tanks of Spitfires!

By the 1950?s, Westerham?s Audit Ale was supplied to Clarence House for 
the beginning of the oyster season, and to Winston Churchill at 
Chartwell Manor."

The give-away is SPA which means Special Pale Ale.