Whisky cask ciders – perfect for cold January evenings & Burns Night

C&C, the maker of Magners cider, has warned that profits will fall below market expectations.  The Irish company said operating profit for the year ending next month would be about €115m (£89m), down from €127m the year before and €10m less than analysts were expecting. C&C is advancing plans to significantly reduce costs, which will…

I’ve just read more good news about the health benefits of beer !  Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences (great job!) at the University of California (Davis) Charles Bamforth, proclaims “regular moderate intake of alcohol is good for the heart and blood circulation.  Real ale is a good choice – relatively low in alcohol and…

  So why is this the best Halloween event to hang-out at this year?  Well, we’ve laid on all the perfect ingredients for the perfect night out – real cider, hog roast, foot-tapping dancing music, halloween fancy dress (optional – but why not when you can win a case of cider for the best dressed halloweener!?) and…

Summer, Cider, Cricket. The great traditions of our British nation. All going hand in hand and in no bigger way than the start of the Ashes this summer. At 11am on the 8th of July at The Swalec Stadium, Cardiff, the first ball of the 2015 Ashes will be bowled, and the first sip of…

This Halloween, from the very house that brought you Frankenstein, Fetch The Drinks has again teamed up with The Shelley Theatre to bring you the second coming of Cider Fex. So join us for some haunted fun with fetchthedrinks.com for an evening of ghoulish cider tasting with traditionally made award winning craft ciders plus live…

Yes, it’s officially been found by researchers at Grenada University Spain that, after exercise, a beer is more effective at rehydrating the body than water! This is because the sugars, salts and bubbles in a pint may help people absorb fluids more quickly…and we already know that good quality artisan cider, made from 100% fruit juice…