(Confidently) "Queen Elizabeth II"
(Reply) "Get outta here!"
The barley for her beer - Sandringham Golden IPA and English Bitters - is grown on that Estate? Castle? is grown there. It disconcerted me to read that the finished gin (named "Celebration Gin") is ruby-colored. I pondered on the likelihood of a pink martini being appealing. I have heard of pink elephants in connection with what someone will see if they drink more than two martinis of any color.
It puzzled me that the head of the Church of England is a brew master and gin fancier. The gin part may derive from her mother who once famously rang the kitchen help and said, "Will one of you old Queens bring this one a G & T?"
Both products strike me as a bit on the dear side.
Either beer comes in a 500ml bottle for $5.50 (assuming that's Euros.) The gin is $41! For what looked like a regular bottle of say, Scotch, Vodka ...
The labels, however, are pretty;, dainty, flowery, girly, pastels and quite fetching.
Queen for a day? Before lunch mix yourself Queen Elizabeth's pre-lunch cocktail. The kitchen staff says she only has one; never more. In case you were worried she'd suddenly taken after her Mother.
No one has ever said what it's called.
You will need gin, (undoubtedly her make), Dubonnet , champagne, and chunks of lemon. (This sounds vaguely like a Kir Royale to me. Which is: a dollop of blackberry liquor with a topper of champagne. Lemon optional? Suit yourself; she does!
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