IT’S FALL, AND your orchards are bare. There’s a nip in the air already, and you’ve got your glass casks of apple juice sitting in the cellar, letting time and the new world’s wild yeasts slowly turn ...

It may come from an apple. But this is not apple juice. "It smells apple-y; it also smells very strong," said correspondent Mo Rocca. "It's 100% proof. So, it's a bit strong," said Lisa Laird Dunn, ...

While the American colonists drank hard cider like their modern-day counterparts swill Pepsi and Coca-Cola, for some, cider’s relatively mild 4 to 6 percent alcohol concentration just wasn’t alcoholic ...