Cheers! Royal fans with a taste for
beer will be able to celebrate Prince Harry and fiancee Meghan
Markle's wedding day with a very special ale.
Harry & Meghan's Windsor Knot has been brewed in the town where
the couple will get married next month.
The #RoyalAle has been brewed to give the
traditional British pint a U.S. twist in honour of the nuptials
of the transatlantic couple who will get married at Queen
Elizabeth's Windsor Castle home on May 19.
Windsor Knot, the Royal beer. Instagram
"With the authenticity of being brewed here in Windsor in
the shadow of Windsor Castle, using local ingredients, it has
got a fantastic appeal," says Will Calvert, 60, one of the
directors of Windsor and Eton brewery.
According to the brewer, the pale ale is made from barley
grown in Windsor's royal farm, to represent Harry, and combined
with hops from the west coast of America, reflecting Markle's
heritage.
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It is a sequel to the "Windsor Knot" beer the brewery first
made in 2011 to mark the wedding of Prince William, Harry's
elder brother, to wife Kate. That brew was supposed to be on
sale for only a couple of months but the brewery said it was so
popular that it is still being made and sold today.
In a local Eton pub, the latest royal beer got a seal of
approval from two American customers.
"Pale ales are quite popular in the United States and I
really think this is a good one," said Jaime Naber, a
38-year-old from Wisconsin who was visiting a friend nearby.
Traci Bunch, 48, said it would get the couple's approval if
they tried it.
"I think they'll love it," she said, gulping down the last
drop of her beer.
Adapted from Reuters/Emily G Roe