{"id":2513,"date":"2022-03-24T18:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:22:13","slug":"a-beer-for-the-queens-jubilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/a-beer-for-the-queens-jubilee\/","title":{"rendered":"A beer for the Queen\u2019s Jubilee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/z9n7wj6e8r337cq41ifpu1gu-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Windsor-Eton-Castle-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"Windsor &amp; Eton unveils Queen's Platinum Jubilee brew - Beer Today\" width=\"373\" height=\"517\" \/>On 18 February, the Windsor &amp; Eton Brewery launched their contribution to HM the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in the form of a new beer called Castle Hill. Co-founder Will Calvert explained, <em>\u201cWe\u2019ve created a glorious beer that will appeal to a really wide audience. The Queen is a great supporter of the Commonwealth, so the recipe includes barley grown at the Royal Farm in Windsor and a selection of world hops, including Pacific Jade from New Zealand. As a finishing touch we are using <\/em><em>champagne yeast to create a beer that\u2019s platinum pale in colour and refreshing in <\/em><em>taste.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Castle Hill is a 5% ABV pale ale and will be available initially in 500ml bottles and later in the year in 440ml cans. A cask version at 4.5% ABV is due in May.<\/p>\n<p>The very distinctive artwork for the beer has also been sourced locally, from artist Basia Dobrzalska, whose work is influenced by vintage travel posters. Ms Dobrzalska commented that W&amp;E have a history of using creative graphics and added, <em>\u201cAs a local artist it is fantastic to be involved with both a prestigious business and a celebration <\/em><em>of this magnitude.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The beer will be available in W&amp;E\u2019s taproom and in a number of local outlets. It can also be purchased from their <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.webrew.co.uk\/\">on-line shop<\/a><em>. <\/em>You will be in good company. The brewery holds a Royal Warrant to supply beer to the Queen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 February, the Windsor &amp; Eton Brewery launched their contribution to HM the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in the form of a new beer called Castle Hill. Co-founder Will Calvert&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}