““By the time of the Civil War, there were many kinds of apples growing across the United States, but most of them didn’t taste very good, and as a rule, people didn’t eat them. Cider was cheaper to make than beer, and many settlers believed fermented drinks were safer than water. Everyone drank hard cider.””
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Apple Cider is older than America herself with our first cider making even being tied to the Mayflower in 1620. It has also been said that Johnny Appleseed planted apple trees for cider, not for eating. In the days before the modern plumbing infrastructure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was much easier to get cider than fresh, clean water to drink. We at Six Sailor Cider, love and respect the bizarre history of our countries oldest and forgotten favorite beverage and celebrate that heritage with a modern, nautical themed twist on ingredients, flavors, and spices.
