This is a guest post by Jenna Forstrom. What is Hard Cider? Let’s go through the basics.  Hard cider is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from fruit juice (traditionally apple juice, but  other fruits are used as well).  Hard cider shouldn’t be confused with “cider”, which is non-alcoholic.  When sugar or extra fruit has been added and there is a longer secondary fermentation processes to increase alcoholic strength, hard cider becomes “apple wine.”  “Ice cider” is made if the apples are frozen before or after they are harvested, and this has a higher alcohol concentration.  Hard cider made with pear juice is called “perry.” There are two ...

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