Cider was once the primary fermented alcoholic drink consumed in the US, but the industry was wiped out by prohibition, and afterwards beer took over. This dir

Cider was once the primary fermented alcoholic drink consumed in the US, but the industry was wiped out by prohibition, and afterwards beer took over. This directly led to the situation we have currently, where in the US, "cider" usually refers to cloudy apple juice, and specifically "hard cider" refers to alcoholic, fermented juice, while in the rest of the world, "cider" only refers to the alcoholic drink.