Pop diva Madonna has been invited to Keighley after revealing her top tipple is its Landlord bitter.

The invite was issued yesterday by Charles Dent, managing director of Timothy Taylor's, after Madonna told a TV chat show how her English husband Guy Ritchie had helped her develop a thirst for real ale.

Madonna told how she had developed a taste for Landlord at the Dog and Duck, in London's Soho, where it has been sold for about ten years.

Talking on Jonathan Ross's BBC talk show, Madonna, said to have a personal fortune of £227 million, said: "I have learned to love ale. Timothy Taylor's is the best real ale." She added: "We go to the Dog and Duck, and with my flat cap drawn over my face I order a pint and a half of Timothy Taylor's."

But she confessed she couldn't drink much of the heady brew, which has an alcohol content of 4.3 per cent and is stronger than the average beer.

"I've become one of those English drunken girls. All it takes is a half a pint. I'm a cheap date, yeah," she joked.

Yesterday Mr Dent said: "We are absolutely delighted and thrilled, Madonna obviously has good taste. I hope she will now have Keighley pubs and the brewery on her 'must visit' list. I will certainly be extending an invitation to her and welcome the opportunity to introduce her to the delights of Yorkshire.

Landlord, a classic pale ale, has won more awards than any other English beer.

Peter Eells, head brewer at the Knowle Spring Brewery, Keighley, said: "This endorsement confirms what we have known for some time now, that Americans are becoming more and more interested in traditional English ales.

"We are over the moon that this icon of pop enjoys Landlord. All the brewing team and, I suspect, one or two other members of the brewery staff, are queuing up to introduce her to other beers."

Larry Thomas, assistant manager of the Dog and Duck, which is a favourite haunt of film and television celebrities, said: "Some people recognised her, but most were too busy drinking to notice her. I think she had one drink and left. She was with Guy Ritchie."