Cheers! Made from sovereign hops and Sandringham estate honey and malt... the latest Royal Wedding souvenir is a BEER

By Daily Mail Reporter
Created 8:18 PM on 23rd February 2011
A Cambridgeshire brewery has created a beer to celebrate Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding in April.
Elgood & Son Ltd have used sovereign hops developed for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, with honey and malt from the Sandringham Estate to create the beer, which will be called Windsor Knot.
The beer will be available to buy in March in bottles, while the draught version will be sold throughout Elgood's pubs from April.

Windsor Knot Ale (right) a very Royal taste

'A lovely pale golden beer': Windsor Knot (right) is made of hops developed for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and malt and honey from the Sandringham Estate

Head brewer Alan Pateman said he wants William and Kate to sample the beer and plans to send some to Clarence House for the couple to taste
The 200-year-old family business based in Wisbech has designed a label for the beer which combines the traditional Union Jack flag colours of red, white and blue with the couple's initials.

Mr Pateman used malt from barley grown at the Queen's Norfolk retreat, Sandringham so it would be a beer with true Royal connections.
It is the first time the brewery has used sovereign hops in one of their beers.

Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton: Will they try a glass of Windsor Knot if it is sent to Clarence House?

The honey is a reference to the young couple's honeymoon, Mr Pateman said.
'It's a lovely pale golden beer with a lovely aroma of hop and also some sweetness from the honey we've used,' he added.
Elgood & Son Ltd is not the only brewery to have the idea of a Royal beer.
Castle Rock brewery has announced its plans to celebrate the wedding on April 29 by brewing a special real ale called Kiss Me Kate.
The new ale will be available on draught at Castle Rock and other local pubs in the UK the month before Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding on April 29.
A limited amount of the beer will be available in bottles for memento collectors.
Adrian Redgrove, the head brewer at Castle Rock, says the British beer will be full of British hops and barley.
'Kiss Me Kate will be elegant, tasteful and British to the core,' says Mr Redgrove.

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