Why is cider so much cheaper than beer?!
Why is cider so much cheaper than beer?
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CIDER - Cider is a natural, liquid beverage that is obtained from the pressing of a finely ground fruit such as apples. Under the proper conditions, it undergoes a natural fermentation process, which yields an alcoholic juice. Cider has been made for thousands of years, however it has only recently seen a significant rise in popularity. It can be drunk straight or diluted with water. Before fermentation, it's referred to as "sweet" cider. It becomes "hard" cider after fermentation, and can range widely in alcohol content. Apple cider is also used to make vinegar and brandy.
CIDER is much cheaper than beer because of easy process, availability of apple and time consumed is also less where as Beer Brewing is lengthy, expensive and time consuming process. Selection of raw material and machinery involves lot of money. -
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what is a cider..? you need to explain that first
It costs less to produce and it isn't as popular.
Cider is basically just fruit juice. Hard cider is the fermented/alcoholic version of the juice. Apples and pears for cider already contain a lot of the sugars needed for the fermentation process, although they still need to add more, not nearly as much for beer, which is made of grains. The yeast needs sugars to convert to alcohol and carbon dioxide. The fewer ingredients you add, the lower the cost. In addition, beer and wines are taxed similarly but not exactly the same. A large percentage of the cost associated with beer comes from tax.
The cheaper the drink (cider or beer) the cheaper/lower quality the ingredients.
basically process to make cider is much easier than the process of beer. popularity of beer is much more than that of the cider too.
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Cider (or cyder) is an alcoholic beverage made primarily from the juices of specially grown varieties of apples. In most places in the world, the term refers to fermented apple juice, but the drink is known as hard cider or ciderjack in the United States and parts of Canada, where the term "cider" almost exclusively refers to apple cider, a minimally processed variety of apple juice.
Cider generally has a stronger alcoholic content than typical beer, usually over 5%, and appears golden yellow and often cloudy. To produce cider, apples are washed and mashed, pressed (usually in a stone mill or hydraulic press), then fermented in oak vats using natural or added yeasts.
Cider is very popular in the United Kingdom, especially in South West England, in comparison to other countries. The UK has the highest per capita consumption as well as the largest cider producing companies in the world [1] including H. P. Bulmer, the largest [2]. The drink is also popular and traditional in Brittany and Normandy (France), in Ireland and northern Spain. The drink is making a resurgence in both Europe and the United States [3]. Overall, the UK produces 110 million imperial gallons (500,000,000 L) of cider per year.
Apples grown for consumption or consumer outlets are far from ideal for cidermaking, as they are low in tannins. Most makers use cider apples, the cultivars developed specifically for cidermaking, of which there are many hundreds of varieties.
Cider comes in a variety of tastes, from sweet to dry, although flavour differs enormously within these descriptions. The appearance of cider ranges from very dark, cloudy and sludgy through to very crisp, clean and golden yellow, and with the most processed, almost entirely clear. The varying colours and appearances are generally as a result of how much of the apple material is removed between pressing and fermentation.
Modern, mass-produced ciders are generally heavily processed and resemble sparkling wine in appearance. More traditional brands tend to be darker and cloudier, as less of the apple is filtered out. They are often stronger than processed varieties, tasting more strongly of apples.
White cider is made by processing cider after the traditional milling process is complete, resulting in a nearly colourless product. This processing allows the manufacturer to produce strong (typically 7-8% ABV) cider cheaply, quickly, and on an industrial scale. Brands of white cider include White Lightning, Three Hammers, Polaris and Frosty Jack's.
India
Cider is a new introduction in India under the brand TEMPEST, produced by Green Valley Cider located in the apple producing state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tempest is primarily available in the carbonated form and is witnessing a resurgence in popularity. However, traditionally and obviously not under the name cider, it has been known to be locally produced in villages in the apple producing states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh .
Conventional apple cider has a relatively high concentration of phenolics, antioxidants which may be helpful for preventing heart disease, cancer, and other ailments[1]. This is, in part, because apples themselves have a decent concentration of phenolics in them to begin with.