IXIboneheadIXI
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well its a shame theres no sticky for this, but what exactly is it, just fermented apple juice? basically an apple wine?
also can it be made with other things?
also can it be made with other things?
Cider in the US is generally considered unfiltered apple juice. Fermented cider is called Hard Cider.
In the UK I believe Cider is considered hard by default. Not sure what they call unfiltered juice.
There is a wiki entry for it I think.
Cider made from pears is called Perry.
At a certain ABV, like 12% or higher cider may be called an apple wine. Apple wine is often used as the base for other fruit flavored wines.
In The USA, hard apple cider is defined as having ABV below 7%. Anyting over 7% is considered wine by The US Federal Government. How we were getting Strongbow at 7.5% when it first came out is beyond me. I am guessing rules are different in Great Britain and somebody didn't catch it for a while.
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