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Re: Apple juice or Apple cider to make hard cider? - yahoo - 05-19-2006
Either works fine, just make sure what you use doesn't have anypreservatives (sorbates or sulfites) in it.Willum the Weaver--- Steve wrote:>> At 09:44 PM 5/17/2006 +0000, you wrote:> >Which would be better to make hard apple cider, regular applejuice or> >apple cider?> >> >Ken>> There really isn't any difference. In the old days in theUSA> "apple cider" was fresh apple juice. In Europe "apple cider" isfermented> apple juice, what we in the USA call "hard cider". In somelocales, "apple> cider" is unfiltered/unpasteurized apple juice that will either rotor> ferment (depending on conditions) if not properly refrigerated.>> The stuff you see on grocery store shelves labeled "applecider"> is pasteurized apple juice, the exact same concoction that sitsnext to the> bottle that says "apple juice". The different label is strictlyfor> marketing.>> One company insists that their "apple cider" has adifferent> acidity than their "apple juice", but that is an internal corporatedefinition.>> While people in different geographical areas may arguewhat the> difference between apple cider and apple juice is, the ultimateauthority> on the matter, the same US Government entity that forbid labelinganything> as "white chocolate" until 2004 has no definition of "apple cider".>ORGINAL POSTER: willum