Cider Making

Are you thinking about starting a cidery? With the rapid growth of the hard cider industry, many people in Seneca County, the Finger Lakes and around New York State are interested in making cider and apple producers are starting to grow apple cider varieties. We’ve put together a list of resources available to people interested in growing cider apples or starting a commercial cidery.

Resources For Cider Making:

• Cider and Perry Academy @ NYS Ag Exp. Station
  • Peter Mitchell- U.K. Cidermaking Expert
  • http://www.cider-academy.co.uk/

• Washington State University-Hard Cider web page
  • http://ext100.wsu.edu/maritimefruit/hard-cider/
  • Hard Cider Production and Orchard Management in the Pacific Northwest and annual reports
  • Juice analysis (Brix, pH, malic acid, specific gravity, % tannin)
  • Production and evaluation of ciders from selected varieties

Cider-related Economic Studies:

• University of Vermont
  • The UVM Apple Program
  • Information on economic data collected from apple growers and cider makers in Vermont
  • http://www.uvm.edu/~fruit/treefruit/tf_cider/UVM_C...

• Washington State University
  • Cost estimation of establishing a cider apple orchard in Western Washington
  • http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS141E/FS141E.pdf

NYS Licensing:

• NYS One Stop Shop – Sam Filler- Empire State Development
  • sfiller@esd.ny.gov
  • (518) 292-5366

• Information on NYS license requirements
  • Empire State Development

NYS Cidery Organizations:

• NYS Cidery Association

• Cornell Cooperative Extension

• Lake Ontario Fruit Team

• Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program

• New York State Agriculture Experiment Station

• Apple Breeding Program- Susan Brown

• NYS Wine Analytical Laboratory

• Finger Lakes Cider Alliance
  • Cider Week
    • http://ciderweekny.com/
    • http://ciderweekflx.com/
    • http://ciderweekhv.com/

• Glynwood- Hudson Valley

• NYSAES- Geneva USDA Plant Genetic Resources Unit Apple Collection
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/docs.htm?docid=6142
  • https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/geneva-ny/...

• Seneca County CCE – Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference 

Last updated July 26, 2019