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The article I felt had a great relevancy to the discussion we had in class today about the whole beverage trends. Hard Cider is starting to make a comeback in the states. In fact two weeks ago I visited a local bar and they had a hard cider as a special for the night. It was nice and mellow tasting, yet still had that nice mouth feel of apples and some spices. A chef in the article mentions that hard apple cider went from "nonexistent" to "finally on the radar", which is a good thing because a good hard cider is nearly as good as nice beer.
They compliment food very well and should not be passed up for just another sh!tty beer. In addition hard cider is a great alternative to beer or wine, having all the flavor with a lighter alcohol content. Newport, Rhode Island is home to the Newport Vineyards which makes an astonishing hard apple cider called Rhody Coyote, which is reasonably priced at just under $10 a bottle. I can only hope that restaurants will pick up on the trend adding hard apple, raspberry, or pear cider to their menus.
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I was very surprised at what this article had to say. In the article it says how hard ciders are becoming popular with beer enthusiasts. I can see hard cider becoming a new fad drink, but I would never have thought of comparing it to beer brews. I really thought that this was interesting and that I believe this could definitely be a new trend that we will see in the next year or so. Hard cider can pair well with different foods just as wine or beer can. On the other hand though, its flavor and qualities are different from both wine and beer making it a completely different type of item.
ReplyDeleteI think hard cider is good for health and taste compared to beer. For me, hard cider is better than wine, too. Because I like sweet things so I take an interest in hard cider. It will be good for someone could n't drink well.
ReplyDeleteI think its a great and more healthy way to have a drink these days. I don't see it becoming a fad however seeing that has been around for a while and a favorite to many. It's just great that it is becoming more popular and that people are beginning to keep up with the times.
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