alc
I've just learned that what americans refer to as "cider" is in fact, literally apple juice
What the hell USA?
This does explain how surprised americans are when they try a pint of scrumpy though
alc
@troubleMoney Around here (in New England) we sometimes use "cider" to refer to apple juice that's, like, spiced, unpasteurized, and non-homogenized, and then "hard cider" to refer specifically to the beer-like stuff -- which I prefer to beer, personally, and which was essentially used to sterilize the drinking water among farming families back in the 1700s, so even the youth were chugging watered-down cider. That's why apples became such an important crop around here
alc
@lunasspecto I'm from the west country, cider is generally the drink of choice
The scrumpy can get dangerous though, north of 7% and goes down smooth
And of course in imperial pints, not the US pint
alc
@troubleMoney Most of the ciders I've had around here we around 5% but I had some kinda fancy cider from Maine recently that that left me reeling and I suspect it was a little more serious