Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "Why Americans and Brits say 'cider' to mean very different things" video.

In England apple juice is non alcoholic and cider is alcoholic. We also have scrumpy cider which you usualy buy direct from a farm and is very alcoholic indeed, a few glasses with render you senseless . Near Lewes in Sussex is a farm called Middle Farm and they have there around 250 different ciders from all over Britain, and every one tastes different. However, they are far superior to the factory ciders you buy in shops and supermarkets. We also have Perry, which is a sweeter cider made from pears. In rural areas they still practise the Pagan festival of Wassailing the cyder trees at the end of the season by hanging tit bits in the branches of the apple trees while singing and drinking cyder. This is to encourage the trees to grow well and produce a good crop, Wasailing goes back centuries.
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