In recent years, there has been a surge in hard cider popularity across the U.S. It's a little surprising since hard cider almost disappeared in America at one point. When you think of this ...

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Hard cider is taxed at a modest $0.226 per gallon ... You need to produce a cider that is made from apples or pears (with no other fruit additions), is less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume ...