SAT., OCTOBER 4, 2025
11 AM – 3PM
This marks our 13th annual “Old Fashioned Cider Tasting” event at the Mill! All proceeds benefit the restoration of the Kimlin Cider Mill.
Purchase tickets at this link or at the door (more information below).

Click here to help sponsor the event or donate cider or raffles items.
Planned Events
- Cider tasting of our Kimlin Cider (available at this event only) plus other local sweet & hard ciders
- Commemorative tasting glass with full cider tasting ticket
- Behind-the-scene Mill tours
- Children’s activities – meadow maze, crafts by Crazy Over ART, and scavenger hunt
- Demonstration of cider pressing with an antique press & antique corn sheller
- Raffle baskets
- Goats from Clover Brooke Farm
- Live music from the Roundabout Ramblers
- Food truck by From the Ground Up
- Apple fritters (a historic Dutch treat) by the Fishkill Historical Society (not present if raining)
- FreeCycle table of items available for free (not present if raining)
- Rain or shine! Under a large tent.
Tickets
- Free entry
- $15 – hard & sweet ciders, with commemorative tasting glass
- $5 – sweet ciders only
- $0 – sweet cider for ages 12 and under
- Tasting tickets are available at the door, but if you purchase online (link here), you will be entered into an exclusive raffle of a jug of Kimlin Cider! Our small-batch cider is made especially for this event only and is not sold or otherwise available except for tasting.
- Lunch, apple fritters, and merchandise available for purchase at the event
Cider Donors
- Kimlin Cider (sweet)
- Fishkill Farms (sweet)
- Stone Ridge (sweet)
- Meadowbrook Farm (sweet)
- Treasury (hard)
- Pennings Farm Cidery (hard)
- Locust Grove Brewing Company (hard)
- Quartz Rock Cider House (hard)
- Angry Orchard (hard)
- Grand Brewery (hard)
- Brooklyn Cider House (hard) (new this year)!
- Sloop Brewing Co. (beer) (new this year)!












Sponsors
Cider Table Donors ($500):
- Jason Lichwick Architecture, PLLC
- Lori Adams Photography
- Elizabeth Ann Santos
- The Lunts
- Weiss Family
- Dr. Jack & Fritzy Goodman
- Georgene Dreishpoon
- Ann Shershin


Honeycrisp Apples ($350):
- New York Apple Association
- Jones Septic Services
- Mark & Sue
- Wallace & Wallace, LLP
- Hudson River Fruit Distributors
- William A. Smith & Son Insurance
- Treybich Law, PC
- Terra Ridge Farm
- NBT Bank








Northern Spy Apples ($175):

Rome Apples ($100):
- Marion & Peter Van Ness
- Eve & Bruce Gendron
- Roy Budnik
- Rohit Shahani
- Stephen & Linda Saland
- Mark F. Piggott
- Robert Balkind
- PVEDi

Supporters ($50):
- David Dengel
- Neil Larson & Associates
- The Dutchess Land Conservancy, Inc
- Mike Arteaga’s Health & Fitness Centers
- Pam Kingsley
- Conflict Mediation LLC


Raffle Donors:
- Marist College Athletics
- Stephanie LaRose Lewison
- Vassar College Golf Course
- Hudson Valley Renegades
- Half Time
- Apple Elpy
- Elizabeth Boutique
- Hudson Nails
- Channingville Deli
- County Players at the Falls Theatre
- The Pastry Garden
- Hudson Plaza Wines & Spirits
- Crafted Kup
- MOD
- Vassar College at the Juliette
- Spoons Ice Cream
- Boutique Wines Spirits & Ciders
- Playa Bowls
- The Gallery Salon
- Pizzeria Posto at Eastdale
- Eastdale Avenue Bagels
- Tea Talk
- Alimentari Rossi & Sons
- Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
- Crew Restaurant & Bar
- The DIA
- Ann Shershin
- Scott Taricco
- Utensil Kitchenware
- Pizza E Birra
- Hurricane Bar & Grill
- Poughkeepsie Steak House
- Rustic Acre Artisan Vinegars
- Adams Fairacre Farms
- Savona’s Trattoria
- O’Reilly Auto Parts
- The Heartwood Hotel at Vassar (Salt Line)
- Feeds Plus
- Pawling Coffee Roasters
- The Pastry Garden
- Terra Ridge Farm
- Bagel World
- Sugar & Spice Cafe
- Giacomo’s Express
Thank you to our partners!
- Pygora Goats from Clover Brooke Farm
- Live music from the Roundabout Ramblers
- Food truck by From the Ground Up
- Crafts by Crazy Over ART
- Apple fritters by the Fishkill Historical Society
- Apples for Kimlin Cider picked from the Hudson Valley Research Lab
- Stationary engine long-term loan by the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA)






