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What is hard cider?

It is a fermented beverage which is derived primarily from apples, apple concentrate and water, pears, or pear concentrate and water; and contains no other fruit product but contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% of alcohol by volume. See Alcoholic Beverages Article 1-101.