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Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples.

The juice of any variety of apple can be used to make cider, but cider apples are best.

Homebrewing is the brewing of beer on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes.

Beer has been brewed on the domestic level since its advent, thousands of years prior to its commercial production.

Through the years its legality has varied according to local regulation.

Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drink; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea.

The production of beer is called brewing, which involves the fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from cereal grain starches—most commonly from malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), and rice are widely used.

Most beer is flavoured with hops, which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative, though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included.

The fermentation process causes a natural carbonation effect, although this is often removed during processing, and replaced with forced carbonation.

Some of humanity's earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating beer and beer parlours, and "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people.

Winemaking or vinification, is the production of wine, starting with selection of the grapes or other produce and ending with bottling the finished wine.

Although most wine is made from grapes, it may also be made from other fruits or plants.

Mead is a wine that is made with honey being the primary ingredient after water.

Mead (archaic and dialectal "medd", "Meath or Meathe"; from Old English "") is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops.

The alcoholic content ranges from about 8% ABV to more than 20%.

The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey.

It may be still, carbonated, or naturally sparkling; dry, semi-sweet, or sweet.