I recommend reading this with Morgan Freeman's voice as the narrator for his voices makes every text that much more enjoyable.

Applejack drinks hard apple cider. Exactly NOTHING unexpected happens. Everything is fine, Ponyville is not destroyed, Discord and Chrysalis are not dancing around a fire while Celestia is hog-tied in a large cauldron of broth while Luna is playing dubstep in the background.

Nothing wrong happens here. Move along.

Berry Punch, contrarily to popular belief, is not a drunkard of a mare. She might smell of alcohol but the reason behind it is blatantly shown by her cutie mark. She is a Brewmaster. No one knows a how to make a brew like Berry Punch does.

*EDIT: going through a shift in the plot of the story i had originally thought, instead of being a comedy, i'm going to turn this into a drama because i know of NO ONE who's made character development outside of Berry being a drunkard and damnit, if i'm going to be the one to develop her as a good character to the fandom, then by the 4 princesses of ponykind i swear i will turn her into somepony great*