SAT., OCTOBER 5, 2024
11 AM – 3PM
This marks our 12th annual “Old Fashioned Cider Tasting” event at the Mill! All proceeds benefit the restoration of the Kimlin Cider Mill.

Click here to help sponsor the event or donate cider.
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, 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)
- Poughkeepsie Public Library District Rover Roaming Library Van (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 (check back often for updates)
- Kimlin Cider (sweet)
- Meadowbrook Farm (sweet)
- Stone Ridge (sweet)
- Jenkins-Lueken Orchards Sweet Cider (sweet) – new this year
- Fishkill Farms (sweet)
- Seminary Hill Orchard & Cidery (hard)
- Yankee Folly (hard)
- Bad Seed (hard)
- Grand Brewery (hard)
- Pennings Farm Cidery (hard)
- Treasury (hard)
- Locust Grove Brewing Company (hard)
- Quartz Rock Cider House (hard)
- Manhattan Beer Distributors (providing a sampling of hard ciders)













Sponsors
Cider Table Donors ($500):
- GKontos Roofing Specialists
- Jolly Rovers
- Weiss Family
- Dreishpoon Family
- Ann Shershin
- Lunt Family
- Jason Lichwick Architecture, PLLC



Honeycrisp Apples ($350):
- K&J Partnership
- Ann & Bill Santos
- Wallace & Wallace, LLP
- William A. Smith & Son, Inc. Insurance
- Apples from New York
- Treybich Law, P.C.
- NBT Bank





Northern Spy Apples ($175):
- Mark & Sue
- Jones Septic Services

Rome Apples ($100):
- Peter & Marion Van Ness
- Holly Wahlberg
- Mark Piggott
- Dr. Jack & Fritzy Goodman
- Bruce & Eve Gendron
- Steve & Linda Saland
- Robert Balkind
- Rohit Shahani
- PVE, LLC
- Lori Adams Photo
- Stephanie Lewison
- Erik Fyfe


Supporters ($50):
- Ivars Sprogis, MD
- Pam Kingsley
- Rob & Lori Rolison
- Mike Arteaga’s Health & Fitness Centers
- Dutchess Land Conservancy
- Conflict Mediation LLC
- M & S Outdoor Power Equipment
- Half Time Beverage




Raffle Donors:
- Hudson Valley Renegades
- Marist College Athletics
- Mike Arteaga’s Health & Fitness Centers
- M & S Outdoor Power Equipment
- Half Time Beverage
- Playa Bowls
- Sugar and Spice Cafe
- Giacomo’s Express
- Hudson Plaza Wines & Spirits
- Channingville Deli
- The Gallery Salon
- Pizza e Birra
- Hurricane Bar & Grill
- Lucy Johnson
- Vassar Golf
- Stephanie Lewison
- Pawling Coffee Roaster
- Crafted Kup
- Savona’s Trattoria
- Spoons Ice Cream
- Chakra Bowls
- Hudson Nails
- Apple Elpy
- Vassar College at the Juliette
- Elizabeth Boutique
- The Pastry Garden
- Sue Adams
- Jersey Mike’s Subs
- Eastdale Avenue Bagels
- Arlington Ink
- Bagel World
- Poughkeepsie Steak House
- Tomfillery
- Boutique Wines, Spirits & Cider
- Thryft N’Thyme
- Habitat for Humanity
- Tea Talk

































Thank you to our partners!
- Pygora Goats from Clover Brooke Farm
- Live music from the Roundabout Ramblers
- Food truck by From the Ground Up
- Apple fritters by the Fishkill Historical Society
- Apples for Kimlin Cider picked from the Hudson Valley Research Lab and Hudson River Fruit Distributors
- Stationary engine long-term loan by the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA)






