By Debbie James A LIVELY new cider that packs the punch of six thousand men storming a castle has been launched by a Pembroke brewery. Cromwell 1648, fermented in part with Pembrokeshire-grown apples, marks one of the livelier periods in Pembroke’s history, when Oliver Cromwell arrived with his army. Nearly four centuries after the Siege of Pembroke and the Pembrokeshire Cider Co has reflected that moment in history in the branding of the fourth cider in its range. “Storming a castle must have been thirsty work so I am sure Cromwell would have appreciated a few glasses of our cider,’’ laughs David Halsted, a DIY shop owner, who launched the cider company along with Jon Ryan, of Wisebuys, and Chris Scourfield of The Castle Inn, Pembroke.