For years, New York’s major cider producing regions — the Hudson Valley, New York City, Western New York and the Finger Lakes — each threw their own “Cider Week” at different times during the year. This fall marks the first time the entire state will be raising its collective glasses to cidermaking at once.
“As we are all shifting and recalibrating [in the pandemic],” said Scott Ramsey, Executive Director of the New York Cider Association, “it was a great opportunity to make it a statewide event.”
Cider Week, which actually runs for two weeks, kicks off October 2 throughout New York — the largest producer of hard cider in America [link to robin’s story]. A second Cider Week will return in the spring, sometime in May.
“I want people thinking about cider year-round and recognizing that it’s a great beverage. It’s not just for the fall,” Ramsey said.
But let’s be honest: cider is perfectly suited for this season, when you can combine an apple-picking trip to an orchard with a drink at the cider bar.
These are a few local Cider Week events to hit up, but be sure to check local cideries in the region too — many happenings do not make the official Cider Week calendar.
Live Music, Cider Tastings and Oktoberfest: Twin Star Orchards
Sat and Sun, Oct. 2, 3, 8 and 16, 1 – 4 p.m.; Oktoberfest Oct. 9-11, 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Every week is like Cider Week at Twin Star, which regularly hosts live music outside by its food and drink pavilion. Order a Brooklyn Cider House award-winning raw cider and a wood-fired pizza and enjoy at a table with an umbrella or a shady picnic spot by its pond.
Columbus Day weekend, Twin Star will host an Oktoberfest celebration and switch up the menu to feature an array of bratwurst, kielbasa, and jalapeño and cheese sausages, homemade sauerkraut, soft pretzels, and corn. Tickets will be sold in person.
Twin Star Orchards, 155 N. Ohioville Rd., New Paltz, NY 12561
Hudson Valley Apple Project Orchard Tour and Original Sin Cider Tasting
Sun, Oct. 3, 12 noon - 2 p.m.
Gidon Coll, founder of Original Sin Cider, calls the 150 apples he grows at the two-acre The Hudson Valley Apple Project an “edible museum of apples.” Get a tour of the wild varieties like Pitmaston Pineapple, Blue Pearmain, and Frostbite, then taste a range of Original Sin Ciders.
RSVP via email to reserve a space for the orchard tour.
Hudson Valley Apple Project at Original Sin Cider, 1066 County Route 27A Ancram, NY 12502
Stretch & Sip at Fishkill Farms
Fri, Oct. 8, 5 – 7 p.m.
Unwind at a sunset yoga class taught by RedTail Power Yoga on the deck of Fishkill Farm’s Treasury Cider Garden overlooking the farm, followed by a glass of Treasury hard cider. Tickets are $40, scroll farther down this page to register.
Fishkill Farms/Treasury Cider, 9 Fishkill Farm Road, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Cider Sunday: Nine Pin at Samascott Orchards
Sunday, Oct. 10, 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Nine Pin, the first cidery in New York to take advantage of the state’s pioneering law allowing farms to expand into cidermaking, will host a pop-up cider bar during Samascott Orchards’ traditional harvest fun filled with music, food trucks and apple picking. Tickets are $5.
Samascott Orchards, 5 Sunset Ave., Kinderhook, NY 12106
Ciderfest at Little Apple Cidery
Sunday, Oct. 10, 1 – 5 p.m.
This free, annual cider celebration brings together live music, a taco food truck, cider pressing, a barrel rolling contest, and beer from Roe Jan Brewery along with the main star: Little Apple’s hard cider on tap and in bottles and flights, so you can sample.
Little Apple Cidery, 178 Orchard Lane, Hillsdale, NY 12529
Heritage Applefest at Boscobel House and Gardens
Sunday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Boscobel’s celebration is a family-friendly affair featuring sweet, not hard cider. The event blends historic 19th century games like ball and cup that tie the property back to its 1800s origins, along with apple harvest activities including cider pressing and apple preserving, storytelling, crafts and music. A special exhibition will also be on view, as the day marks Boscobel’s 60th anniversary as a museum. Tickets are $18 for adults, free for members and kids under 5.
Boscobel House and Gardens, 1601 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524
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