...I see Urbain’s description, as well as his explanation of the name, might sport some lacunes for the non-follower of the Belgian Royal Rats’nest - the von Saksen-Cobourg Gotha gang...
It is a public secret that the now king Albert II fathered a daughter outside matrimonial band. The official name of this daughter is Delphine Boël, and her occupation is conceptive art with papier maché and the like. She’s living TTBOMK somewhere in Notting Hill, and, since the secret was revealed, excells in rather pointy, hardly veiled sneers @ the Belgian Royals. Which is hardly surprising, seen the fact that, despite the secret being a secret de Polichinelle, the royals, Albert in particular, keep spasmodically ignoring her existence.
Seen the fact that "Four Roses" didn’t want to recognise the link of their barrels to the beer, the name imposed itself, as Urbain says...
What makes it all the more poignant, is that somebody in the entourage of Mrs. Boël learned about this beer, and condoned graciously the use of the artwork - which, oh subtility, consists of a Belgian flag, written over by "the truth can set you free" (in the language of Shakespeare)...(
http://struise.noordhoek.com/eng/images/stories/cuvedelphineweb.jpg)