For the purposes of this chapter, “cider” means an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of the juice of apples or pears that contains not less than one-half of one percent and not more than 8.5 percent of alcohol by volume, including, but not limited to, flavored, sparkling, carbonated or fortified cider.

[1995 c.301 §10; 1997 c.348 §1; 1999 c.351 §78; 2017 c.202 §3; 2021 c.596 §6]