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Harpoon seems like it would taste more like apple juice than cider at 4.1%.

which is more than most beer, so whats your point? most is 5%-6%

My point is at 4.1%, it would be more prone to being too sweet (which we agree is bad) than most "good" cider that has a higher ABV.

Beers tend to average 4.5-5.0% btw. Heck, even Coors Light (barf) is 4.2%

That kinda depends. I've had a varietal (one kinda of apple) cider that was quite dry, but had an alcohol content of less than 4%. If it's not a particularly sweet apple, it's simply not going to have that much sugar available for fermentation.