Drinks
In the interest of research, we have spent months trying an array of beers, ciders, wine and spirits. We hope you will be pleased with our selection.
Beers: With the exception of the stout from White Hag Brewery in County Sligo, Ireland, all the beers and ciders are from the UK.
The selection includes:
The selection includes:
- Siren Craft Brew, Finchhamstead, Berkshire
- Harbour Brewing, Kirkland, Cornwall
- Wild Beer, Evercreech, Somerset
- Magic Rock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
- Innis & Gunn, Edinburgh
- Thistly Cross Cider, Dunbar, East Lothian
Spirits: There has been an amazing growth in British artisan gin and vodka producers, and we don't want customers of Fidget & Bob to miss out. The marmalade vodka and rhubarb vodka from Chase Distillery goes down worryingly easily. The rye vodka and dry gin from The Oxford Artisan Distillery is made from heritage grains that produces such a gorgeous smooth product that it would be a shame to add anything to it. But if drinking it neat is a bit too hardcore, there are mixers from Fever Tree.
Wine: Sick of paying £8-9 for glass of wine so poor that ice had to be added to make it drinkable, we were determined to do better for Fidget & Bob's customers. It needed a radical approach. So we looked at the increasing trend towards bag-in-box (BIB) wine. Advantages:
Our supplier specialises in low intervention wines from small vineyards. The winemaker has tried to keep things as natural and simple as possible. We will offer low sulphites and organic wines.
Undeniably there will be those who will turn their nose at BIB wines, but remember when people dismissed screw cap bottles as 'cheap' until it was widely accepted as a superior to corks? The days of nasty cheap wine in boxes have long gone. Ultimately we are motivated by real quality and not the perception of quality.
If you don't believe us, ask for a free taste.
- Glass bottles are much more expensive to transport and store than boxes. Much of the money you spend on bottled wine is spent on moving it around the world before it gets to you. As a business, we want to keep our carbon footprint low.
- BIB wine boxes creates a lot less waste than bottles.
- The modern pouch that holds the wine is fantastic at keeping it fresh once opened.
Our supplier specialises in low intervention wines from small vineyards. The winemaker has tried to keep things as natural and simple as possible. We will offer low sulphites and organic wines.
Undeniably there will be those who will turn their nose at BIB wines, but remember when people dismissed screw cap bottles as 'cheap' until it was widely accepted as a superior to corks? The days of nasty cheap wine in boxes have long gone. Ultimately we are motivated by real quality and not the perception of quality.
If you don't believe us, ask for a free taste.