Perry which are cold-filtered rather than pasteurised. Higher quality pear cider is sold in champagne-style bottles (cidre bouché). Many pear ciders are sold in corked bottles, but some screw-top bottles exist. In the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria, '' is a traditional fermented alcoholic beverage made from the unfiltered juice of pears. In some parts of Austria, Most can also be made of apples or a combination of apples and pears. Perry Perry is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, similar to the way cider is made from apples. It has been common for centuries in England, particularly in the
Cider related drink is cyser – cider fermented with honey. Although not widely made in modern times, various other pome fruits can produce palatable drinks. Apicius, in Book II of "De re coquinaria", includes a recipe calling for quince cider. Before the development of rapid long distance transportation, regions of cider consumption generally coincided with those of cider production. As such, cider was said to be more common than wine in 12th-century Galicia and certainly the idea of it was present in England by the Conquest of 1066, using crab apples: the word "Wassail" is derived from a Saxon phrase, wæs