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Cider guides
Short, practical cider guides: what cider is, cider styles and regions, sweetness, how to describe taste, where to buy cider and how to find it near you.
- What is cider?
What cider is, how it is made, which apples go into it and how it differs from apple juice, hard cider and perry.
- Types of cider: styles and regional traditions
A guide to cider styles: English cider, French cidre, Spanish sidra, German Apfelwein, ice cider, perry and modern craft cider.
- Cider sweetness: from dry to sweet
What dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet mean for cider, where sweetness comes from, and how to read sweetness words on labels.
- Where to buy cider
Where to buy good cider: from cider makers, specialist cider shops, cider bars and festivals — and how to find them on the Cider Radar map.
- How to find cider near you
Find cider makers, cider bars, shops and festivals near you with the Cider Radar map, country and region pages, and the label scanner.
- How to describe cider taste
A simple way to describe cider: sweetness, body, astringency, sparkle, sourness, bitterness, turbidity, funk, extra flavours and finish.
- Cider glossary
Cider words explained, from Apfelwein to wild fermentation.