Smith & Forge Hard Cider is actually a product and brand of MillerCoors.

Amid downturns in sales, Molson Coors Beverage Company discontinued two of its nationally distributed hard cider brands, Crispin and Smith & Forge, a company spokesperson confirmed.

What is hard cider? Hard Cider is apple juice that has gone through a fermentation process in which its sugars have turned into alcohol. Just as wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grape juice, hard cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice.

Hard cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples (like how wine is made from fermented grapes). Like wine, starting with fruit gives hard cider taste profiles that range from fruity to dry. Your palette can pick up on the acids and tannins that come from the wide variety of apples.

France is the world's largest producer of cider, or cidre. Normandy and Brittany in northern France are the main producing regions, which have been producing the beverage since the sixth century.

Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and the Republic of Ireland. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider-producing companies. Ciders from the South West of England are generally higher in alcoholic content.

Cider accounts for 6% share of total value in the drinks categories but it is losing share. Cider is decreasing among older drinkers, with 31% of over 55s drinking cider compared to 36% in 2020. And the category is struggling to recruit 18–24 -year-olds, with 61% drinking cider compared to 71% in 2020.

Unfortunately, the cider business suffered tremendously during Prohibition, with many apple orchards being burned to the ground. In the decades after Prohibition, hard cider never truly rebounded.

Hard cider generally gained the “hard” aspect of its name as a method of differentiating apple cider (non-alcoholic) from the alcoholic version.

According to Cider Craft Magazine there are three health benefits that come from drinking hard cider; antioxidants, vitamin C, and sans gluten. Apples are known to be a type of “superfood” containing many vital vitamins and antioxidants.

apple juice Cider is made from apple juice pressed from freshly harvested apples when in season. The fresh juice is slowly fermented and aged at the direction of the Cidermaker to give each cider its unique complexity and character, it is only ready to drink when the Cidermaker is happy with the quality of the batch.

Cider (/ˈsaɪdər/ SY-dər) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and the Republic of Ireland. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider-producing companies.

Guangzhou, China Where Is Cider Clothing Based? Shop Cider is based in Guangzhou, China but they also have an office in Los Angeles.

Cider (cyder, United States: hard cider) is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of apple juice; a related product, perry (also known as pear cider) is produced by the fermentation of pear juice. Cider and perry have been produced for more than 2000 years in temperate areas of the world.