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Links To More Information MichiganCider.com a simple concise list of Michigan Cider Makers http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/economics/news0015.html One of the first media supporters of the Michigan hard cider initiative was the Michigan Beer Guide. Here's an early report: Michigan Beer Guide publishers/owners Rex and Mary Halfpenny are the best! They continue to advocate for hard cider in Michigan . Here's a direct link to the Guide's website: Technically “hard cider” is a fermented fruit product, like wines. Many Michigan wineries are now, or will soon, carry apple based products. All about apples: The Michigan State Horticultural Society (MSHS) is an educational organization with a mission "to encourage among the people a greater love for choice fruit products, to awaken a larger interest in Michigan 's horticultural possibilities”, and more: It starts with the fresh cider, and Michigan 's Cider Makers' Guild is made up of the best in the nation: The Michigan Apple Committee is the promotional arm of the Michigan apple industry: Friend of the hard cider effort, Marie Oliver reports from the West Coast: Abstracts and notes from the December 2004 “Hard Cider Session” – Held at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market Expo: The European's have enjoyed cider for centuries. Here's a good site to read more: Another European site, the UK 's National Association of Cider Makers: The Temperance Movement remains as a major culprit responsible for the decline of cider consumption in the U.S. , according to “Dr. Dave”: A taste of hard cider in U.S. presidential election history: |