Hard Cider Summer Tour: August 25 in the Capital Region

Please join us on August 25 for the return of the Hard Cider Summer Educational Tour! This program is designed for commercial apple and cider producers.

AGENDA

9:30 AM: Stop one: Samascott Orchards

5 Sunset Ave. Kinderhook, NY 12106

Visit with Ron and Bryan Samascott to learn about their cider apple production, including new plantings of cider varieties, older varieties that have a revived market with cider producers, and their multi-generational diversified farm.

Travel time: 45 minutes

12:00 PM: Stop two: Indian Ladder Farms

342 Altamont Road, Altamont, NY 12009

Our lunch stop. Afterwards, we’ll hear from Dietrich Gehring and Chris Carballeira about Indian Ladder’s apple and cider production.

Travel time: 25 minutes 3:30 PM:

Stop three: Nine Pin

929 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207

Our final stop for the day is an urban cidery in the heart of Albany. We’ll learn from Alejandro del Peral about Nine Pin’s business growth, fermentation practices, and marketing approaches.

REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/HardCiderTour2021

Lunch will be included during the stop at Indian Ladder

A complimentary educational cider tasting will take place at Nine Pin.

Register by August 19 to be guaranteed lunch and cider tasting.

Participants will use their personal vehicles to get from location to location and can join us for whichever stops they are interested in seeing. Suggested registration fee to offset administrative costs: $5 per person. We greatly appreciate your contribution to this event. If you have any questions, please contact Gregory Peck at gmp32@cornell.edu

Sponsored by the Cornell Hard Cider Program Work Team, the New York Cider Association, and CCE’s Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program.

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