Cider amount of sugar in lager or ale. Perry is a similar product to cider made from fermented pear juice. The flavour of cider varies. Ciders can be classified from dry to sweet. Their appearance ranges from cloudy with sediment to completely clear, and their colour ranges from almost colourless to amber to brown. The variations in clarity and colour are mostly due to filtering between pressing and fermentation. Some apple varieties will produce a clear cider without any need for filtration. Both sparkling and still ciders are made; the sparkling variety is the more common. Modern, mass-produced ciders closely resemble
Ghanaian cuisine maize) are common. Along the Lake Volta and south Ghana, palm wine extracted from the palm tree can be found, but it ferments quickly and then it is used to distil akpeteshie (a local gin).Akpeteshie can be distilled from molasses too. In addition, a beverage can be made from kenkey and refrigerated into what is in Ghana known as "iced kenkey". Along north Ghana, bisaab/sorrel, "toose" and "lamujee" (a spicy sweetened drink) are common non-alcoholic beverages whereas "pitoo" (a local beer made of fermented millet) is an alcoholic beverage. In urban areas of Ghana drinks may include fruit juice, cocoa