Beer vs. Cider — What's the Difference?

Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Beer is brewed from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.

Cider ( SY-dər) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and the Republic of Ireland.

A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt, usually flavored with hops.

An alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice

A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then dealcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0.5 percent alcohol.

Unfermented juice pressed from fruit, especially apples, used as a beverage or to make other products, such as vinegar.

A carbonated beverage produced by a method in which the fermentation process is either circumvented or altered, resulting in a finished product having an alcohol content of no more than 0.01 percent.

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice pressed from fruit, especially apples. Also called hard cider.

A beverage made from extracts of roots and plants

An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider

A serving of one of these beverages.

A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice.

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.

(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.

(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.

(countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

(countable) A variety of the above beverages.

A beverage made from juice pressed from apples

(nonstandard) One who is or exists.

To give beer to (someone)

A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops