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cyser

cyser noun: a kind of mead made with apples.

Noun

cyser (countable and uncountable, plural cysers)

  1. A kind of mead made with apples.
    • Some people insist that pure apple juice and honey be used; others that 1- 2 lb of apples to the gallon of water is sufficient. It is really only Apple wine using honey instead of sugar. The cyser is named according to the apple variety[…]1972, Leo Zanelli, Home wine making from A to Z, A. S. Barnes, page 58
    • The procedures for cyser are identical to cider with a notable exception: honey is a much more complex sugar than cane or corn sugars, meaning honey takes a long time to clear and an even longer time (at least six months) to ferment out[…]1995, Paul Correnty, The Art of Cidermaking, Brewers Publications

Forms of cyser

pluralcysers

Origin of cyser

From Middle English ciser (“alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār). Doublet of cider.

Questions about cyser

What does cyser mean?
Cyser means a kind of mead made with apples.
What part of speech is cyser?
Cyser is a noun.
What is the plural of cyser?
The plural of cyser is cysers.

Words near cyser in the dictionary

  1. Cyrus
  2. Cyruses
  3. Cyrus–Beck algorithm
  4. Cyryl
  5. cys
  6. cyser
  7. cysers
  8. Cyssus
  9. cyst
  10. cystacanth
  11. cystacanths

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