Re: CHAT: /sidR/ v [zOId@r\]

=?iso-8859-1?q?bnathyuw?= scripsit:

> so you call what we refer to as 'english apple juice'
> cider ? bizarre !
First of all, the term "hard cider" is and must be by law used to refer
to alcoholic apple products in the U.S., and since I don't drink I know
little about them.  Beyond that, all is in flux.

Generally, "cider" refers to unclarified unfermented apple juice, and
"apple juice" to the clarified unfermented variety, but there are many
exceptions: the Martinelli's product I mentioned earlier is clarified
but is labeled "sparkling cider"; its sparkles come from infused carbon
dioxide, like fizzy water's.  Clarified pasteurized apple juice, often
but not always adulterated with sugar or water or both, is a large-scale
commercial product; unclarified stuff, what I have been calling cider
in previous postings, is a local or fairly local product.

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