NEWSProducers Celebrate at Wales the True Taste Food & Drink
The Hurns Brewing Company won the prestigious & highly coveted GOLD at the True Taste Food & Drink Awards for their Cwrw Idris ale in the Beer, Cider & Perry category. Danes get a taste for Taffy Apples Cider
Taffy Apples cider from True Taste Award-winning the Hurns Brewing Company is proving a hit in Denmark, with exports of the Swansea-based firm’s products to the country rapidly increasing. “The Danish can’t seem to get enough of Taffy Apples or our beers,”says Hurns chief executive officer and head of export, Connie Parry. “Our wholesaler in Denmark keeps on asking us for more.” The Hurns Brewing Company, which brews the award-winning Tomos Watkin range of ales exports to seven countries including the UAE, China, Singapore, France, and the USA. The family-run company’s success in the global market place was recognised with a silver award in the Export Achievement category at the 2009 Wales the True Taste Food & Drink Awards, and was also voted New Welsh Exporting Company of the Year by the Welsh Assembly Government. Says Connie, “We have had tremendous support from the Welsh Assembly Government, through which we have attended several trade missions and we have been successful in finding significant customers everywhere we have gone.” “The taste and quality of the products is excellent, when you open the bottles for customers to try they want to buy them. While being a Welsh company has also helped our success as I believe that we produce the finest food and drink in the world.” Hurns began at the turn of the 19th century by manufacturing lemonade, ginger beer, soda water and fruit cordials. Connie and her brother Philip – whose grandfather founded the business – saved Tomos Watkin brewery in 2002, and Hurns now employs 69 people throughout the company. The Tomos Watkin range includes cask, keg and bottled ales as well as the award-winning Magic Lager and several seasonal varieties of cask ale, such as, Cwrw Haf, Cwrw Santa and Dewi Sant. They picked up a Gold & Silver Award at The World Beer Championships in Chicago. Closer to home, the Hurns range is available at Tesco, Asda, Co-op, Sainsbury’s, and Spar stores in Wales as well as from Blakemore’s, Majestic Wine Co. CK’s, Dylans’s, Cheers and all good retailers. Also available in pubs, clubs and restaurants and at the brewery itself, and also on-line www.hurnsbeer.co.uk Meanwhile the company is extending its expertise by linking up with Fuller’s Brewery – London’s oldest brewery. “Fuller’s has a long and distinguished history, and it has been brewing beer for over 160 years. Some of our brewers are going to the historic Griffin Brewery in Chiswick to receive training from their master brewers,” says Connie. “In brewing there is always something new to learn and we hope the extra skills will lead to Hurns producing even more award-winning beer!” Switching to beer can help you lose weight!Good news for beer drinkers as new research, issued [THIS WEEK] shows you can enjoy your favourite tipple without putting on weight. In fact, swapping from wine to beer for just one week would save as many calories as a half-hour jog! * The research, published by CAMRA during the annual Great British Beer Festival in London shows that around one-third of men and women wrongly believe that beer has more calories than other alcoholic drinks. In fact, the opposite is true and, when drunk in moderation, beer can help you to lose weight, cut your alcohol consumption and, more generally, supplement a healthy lifestyle. CAMRA’s research is based on a groundbreaking report entitled ‘Beer, the natural choice?’, by leading health journalist Isla Whitcroft. The report examined the health properties of beer and its calorie content, compared to other alcoholic drinks:
Connie Parry said, “It is great to see the myth of the ‘beer belly’ finally laid to rest. Too many consumers, particularly women, have been discouraged from drinking beer because of worries that it is fattening or unhealthy, and now we have proof positive that the opposite is true.  Professor Charlie Bamforth, renowned technical brewing expert, also welcomed the report’s findings. He said, “The major source of calories in any alcoholic drink is the alcohol itself, and because beer is the drinks category with the lowest average alcohol content it is also lowest in calories. Beer also contains no fat or cholesterol and very few free sugars. So for someone looking to lose weight, swapping their glass of wine for a beer every day would not only reduce their weekly alcohol intake by seven units – but also cut out more calories than are burned off during a typical 30 minute jog.” *Based on Food Standards Agency Calorie Calculator – www.eatwell.gov.uk Great Taste Awards 2010
Tomos Watkin Magic Lagyr won the 2 star “close to perfect” in this years bottled beer category. Pontypridd RFC Welcome on Board New Sponsors Tomos WatkinsPontypridd rugby is delighted to announce a new sponsorship deal with multi award winning brewer Tomos Watkin. Tomos Watkins which is part of the Hurns group of companies will be a major sponsor of the club for the 2010-11 seasons. This means we will be extending our excellent range of ales and beers for you our supporters for the new season. Inbev UK will still be our main brewer with Tomos Watkins taking on a secondary brewer and supplier role for the club. Gareth Howells, Sponsorship & Marketing manager for Pontypridd Quoted “Braf “o” to Tomos Watkins joining our black and white family, we welcome Connie and the Hurns group on board for what will be an exciting season of rugby and to a club that has one of the best brands of rugby in Wales and the world. We hope we can put Tomos Watkins on the world map especially playing in the British and Irish Cup cross border competition and enjoy success with us all. Tomos Watkins Visited by Beer Loons
The birds are chirping, a light mist is lifting over the fields of gold, and Sting is singing in the background. My cobblestone retreat has brought me to a land of depth and character. I’ve heard stories of this beer, but have yet to  try it. Today is the day that I get to sample Tomos Watkin Old Style Bitter. Was a journey of so many miles worth the trip? |
Probably best known as a lager producing nation, drinkers in Denmark are turning their attention to cider from a Welsh company.
