Royal brew gets a hand from non-royal couple
(CBS) Castle Rock Brewery in England announced in January that it would make "Kiss Me Kate" ale to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29. The brewery found a local couple whose wedding is scheduled for the same day to add an ingredient, English hops.
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The Harborough Mail reports that Adam Sandy,24, and Toni Newbold, 23, a couple from Arnold in Nottingham, chose April 29 as their wedding date more than a year ago. "I just thought what are the chances of royalty choosing to marry on what we thought was just a random Friday in April?" said Newbold, according to the Harborough Mail.
She said she'll watch the royal wedding on television while preparing for her own ceremony that Friday.
Newbold also confessed to not being much of a beer or ale drinker but said she thinks Kiss Me Kate ale is a great idea.
The brewery planned to make a little more than 46,000 pints of beer and 100 bottles for collectors. They said popular demand has made them increase production to up to 70,000 bottles. The Harborough Mail reports that Kiss Me Kate ale will have an alcohol level of 5 percent, "enough to get any royal party started."