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Cider is a popular drink in Ireland. A single cider, Bulmers, dominates sales in Ireland: owned by C&C and produced in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Bulmers has a connected history to the British Bulmers cider brand up until 1949. Outside the Republic of Ireland, C&C brand their cider as Magners. It is very popular in Ireland to drink cider over ...
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.
The Hebrew Bible recommends giving alcoholic drinks to those who are dying or depressed, so that they can forget their misery (Proverbs 31:6–7). In 55 BC, the Romans took notice of an alcoholic cider being made in Britain using native apples. It quickly became popular and was imported back to the continent where it spread rapidly.
The drink was first produced in the 1980s, and typical brands include White Lightning, Diamond White, Frosty Jack, 3 Hammers and White Strike. [18] By volume of alcohol, the excise duty on cider is lower than any other drink.
Cider or cyder (/ ˈ s aɪ d ər / SY-dər) is a fermented alcoholic drink made from any fruit juice; apple juice (traditional and most common), peaches, pears ("Perry" cider) or other fruit. Cider alcohol content varies from 1.2% ABV to 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders.
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.
On the 108-acre Ironbound Farm and Ciderhouse in Warren County, founder Charles Rosen pours a glass of hard apple cider. It’s amber and lightly effervescent, and though it’s bone dry on the ...
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.