VX275 (#134),
Are you sure you've got the quotation the right way round ? Although I have only a few hours in the Hurricane, and have never fired a shot in anger in either, I'm told that the Hurricane was the better gun platform, but IMHO the Spitfire much nicer to fly in.
Blowing the froth off a quiet pint hardly constitutes "beer swilling" (I have been known to chew the froth off the "dark waters of the Liffey" myself on occasion).
Danny.