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Cider jugs. Somerset, England. Cider (/ ˈ s aɪ d ər / SY-dər) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. [1] Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and Ireland. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider-producing companies.
Apple cider (also called sweet cider, soft cider, or simply cider) is the name used in the United States and Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. Though typically referred to simply as "cider" in North America, it is not to be confused with the alcoholic beverage known as cider in other places, which ...
Cider Making, painting by William Sidney Mount, 1840–1841, depicting a cider mill on Long Island. The history of cider in the United States is very closely tied to the history of apple growing in the country. Most of the 17th- and 18th-century emigrants to America from the British Isles drank hard cider and its variants.
Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire), parts of South Wales, France (especially Normandy and Anjou), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. [1]
Mitsuya Cider in a PET bottle Mitsuya Cider - Lemola flavor, in a metal can from a vending machine. Mitsuya Cider ( 三ツ矢サイダー , Mitsuya Saidā ) is a Japanese carbonated soft drink , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] created in 1884 and acquired by Asahi Soft Drinks in 1972.
This is a list of cider brands. Cider is an alcoholic beverage made exclusively from the juice of apple or pear. This list also includes perry , which is a similar alcoholic beverage made from pear varieties.
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Cider production was a major industry from the 16th century onward, with immigration from Huguenots and German Palatines bringing cider-making skills to Ireland. [ 4 ] Richard Pococke toured Ireland in 1752, noting that Affane , County Waterford was famous for its cider, and that Shannon Grove near Pallaskenry had a cider house.