Events Tagged: "cider"

Medieval monasteries perfect apple cultivation - develop new varieties, cider becomes safer than water to drink

Normans bring advanced cider-making to England - cider becomes English national drink, orchards expand rapidly

Cider becomes colonial America's national beverage - safer than water, children drink diluted cider daily, used as currency

Temperance movement targets apple cider - hard cider seen as gateway to alcoholism, orchards begin being destroyed

Prohibition destroys American cider tradition - FBI burns countless orchards, cider-making knowledge lost