hard cider

noun

: fermented apple juice

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The roster of beverages includes some hard cider options, Pizza Port Brewing Co., RŌM Beer Co., Mission Brewing, Brewery X, Rad Beer Company and more. — Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025 Nearby is also Saint Paul Mountain Farms, an orchard and vineyard producing local wines, hard ciders and spirits. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025 Now, craft beer and hard cider companies have seen drastic drops in sales and production as consumers opt for hard seltzers and THC drinks. — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024 Fueled by his usual cocktail of rum and hard cider, Allen broke into Fort Ticonderoga in the early morning hours of May 10, 1775, with a small force of loyal Green Mountain Boys, a local revolutionary militia. — Susan Cheever, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016 See All Example Sentences for hard cider

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First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard cider was in 1786

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