@Scorch215
How much foam? Did it fizz over like a Coca Cola or Beer as portrayed in this episode?

Although… The foam in this does seem inconsistent. The cup handed over to RD by the brothers was foamless, and when it was being sprayed into a barrel it did not foam over like when it sprays into a cup. This little theory may not hold much water.

Holy crap this exploded  
edit no it got merged. rip

So to join in on the discussion, ive had freshly made cider, litterly fresh as in i brought the apples myself and got to use a manual press to make it. and there wasa layer of foam ontop and the person who makes fresh cider like this for a living told me it was fine as it usually happens when i asked about the foam since i hadnt seen foam like that before.
 
you can have foam in cider without alcohol being in it.

Overridden by the fact that cider does not come fresh from the press containing alcohol.

are people still pointing out this detail? Really?

@Background Pony  
And the other half is red and blue lasers. :3

…  
AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE.
 
I’ll go back to my stone forest now

@K_A  
This!

@Trickquestion  
Not everyone finds raging alcoholics funny…

@Minus  
Again, if you have not drunk fresh-off-the-farm cider (OK OK unfiltered apple juice), then you just don’t know.
 
I had to go through so much crap as a kid trying to get cider after that glorious batch I had on the farm when I was really young. Yeah, many Americans don’t understand the “American” definition. So I make it a point to call it cider.
 
I would like to think this wasn’t just “lol alcohol on a kid’s show” but an actual acknowledgment of how incredible fresh cider is.

Seriously guys, all you’ve accomplished is ruining the “Everypony in Ponyville is a raging alcoholic” joke for yourselves.

@waldo3000  
What we consider normal, soda root beer was originally an alcoholic beer made from the sarsaparilla root or something similar. Alcoholic root beer does exist but it’s harder to find due to soda root beer being more in demand and having a larger audience.

@waldo3000  
Root beer does come in alcoholic…

Does that mean root beer contains beer?

@Minus  
I live in an apple producing region, and the local cider mills are every bit as hectic as in that episode. Enjoying fresh cider with cider donuts is a yearly ritual for just about everyone.

@Background Pony  
>Original translation  
>Show is originally written in English by native English speakers in a primarily English-speaking part of Canada  
u wot m8

In my headcannon the apple family uses a particular type of apple from their orchard that is already fermented (because Equestria is magical after all) but it’s probably only 3-5%
 
Wait… is that a TVtropes link OH GAK, I’LL BE STUCK FOR DAYS

This episode was probably the most magnificent examples of getting crap past the radar I’ve ever seen. The writers and animators certainly knew that “cider” outside the US was an alcoholic drink, and were playing the ambiguity to the hilt. That the stuff was shown to be fresh-squeezed apple juice doesn’t change the fact that the ponies were getting tipsy off of it, as any adult watching would’ve picked up on. Applejack’s letter to Celestia, where she was sounding practically drunk, cinches it.

@Prof.NightJack
 
I make “hard cider”, by taking real cider, that’s alcoholic because its cider, and freezing it in an ice cube tray.
 
That way you can have ice in your cider without diluting it.
 
:D
 
(I’m slightly trolling by this point, but booze-cubes are fantastic!)

@ED-SKaR  
No, some cider is alcoholic and called hard cider in some places, it’s all a matter where you are.

So… in Americaland; Cider isn’t alcoholic and you make beer from apples.
 
 
Dear Princess Celestia,  
wat  
I don’t even…  
Your faithful subject  
ED-SKaR

@Minus  
>no-one would get that excited over applejuice  
You haven’t been around many kids.

Whatever America might think cider, pants, or anything else is doesn’t matter. Let’s just focus on what actually happens in the episode. I think we can all tell this is clearly meant to be alchoholic, no-one would get that excited over applejuice. And if I knew how to link images, I’d show a few reactions to drinking it.

Let’s go drink some BEEEEEEEERRR!!!!