Drink to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people. Today, the brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. Cider is a fermented alcoholic drink made from fruit juice, most commonly and traditionally apple juice, but also the juice of peaches, pears ("Perry" cider) or other fruit. Cider may be made from any variety of apple, but certain cultivars grown solely
Red Rock Cider Red Rock Cider Red Rock Cider was an alcoholic beverage produced by Taunton Cider Company and sold in the UK during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Unusually, it is remembered most fondly for its advertisements, which had the strapline "It's not red, and there's no rocks in it". In 1990, a series of TV adverts, directed by John Lloyd, were produced in the style of "Police Squad!" (but titled as "Fraud Squad!") and starred Leslie Nielsen in a role similar to, but not namechecked as, that of Detective Frank Drebin. However, in the 'episode' called 'Albert Einstein's Form Guide',