Bring the Orchards back to Orchard Street!

Our second annual festival showcases cider makers and apple growers from the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Western New York and NYC who will be pouring samples and selling their wares alongside pay-as-you-go cider-friendly dishes from area restaurants and shops.

There is no cost to attend the event. If you wish to sample ciders, you must pick up a 21+ wristband during the event at stations at Orchard and Houston Street, Orchard and Delancey Street, and in front of Wassail (162 Orchard Street). While you are there, support the New York Cider Association by purchasing raffle tickets for a chance to win a "Cider Flight" of gift certificates for dinner for two at some of our favorite cider-savvy restaurants.

Wassail will be hosting the New York Cider Association’s Fermentation Station, a 21+, pay-as-you-go experience outside their restaurant serving select pours to demonstrate qualities such as tannin, acidity, sugar, and aroma and how they express themselves in a finished, fermented product. Ciders will be available on tap.

In addition to drinks and eats, the festival will feature a community cider press with rare and unique cider apples provided by Steve Wood, legendary grower and cidermaker of Farnum Hill Ciders who has been growing cider apples for over 30 years. Jahil Maplestone of Descendant Cider, NYC’s first licensed urban cidery, will grind and press the apples into juice for a lucky few who have pre-purchased a gallon to take home and ferment (details to follow!)

Participating NYS Orchards and Cideries

• Finger Lakes Ciders
• Western New York Ciders
• Awestruck
• Angry Orchard Innovation Cider House
• Bad Seed Cider
• Blackduck Cider
• Brooklyn Cider House
• Descendant Cider Co.
• Doc's Draft Hard Cider
• Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
• Naked Flock Ciders
• Nine Pin Cider
• Orchard Hill Cider Mill
• Slyboro Ciders
• Sundström Ciders
• Tory Kicker Artisanal Cider
• Treasury Ciders

Participating Restaurants

• Agern
• Delaware & Hudson
• Craft Bar
• Osaka Grub
• Pain D'Avignon
• Print
• Puebla
• The Queens Kickshaw
• Sam's Spring Rolls
• Wassail
• Arancini Bros

Family-friendly activities include:

• Apple Varietal Tasting Station
• Autumn Flavors Cotton Candy
• Face Painting
• Make-Your-Own Caramel Apples Cart
• Shrunken Apple Head Carving Station
• Morris Dancing
• Live fiddle, guitar, banjo and stand-up bass

Retailers include:

• Askan
• Shi Eurasia
• Yaf Sparkle

This event is co-produced by Glynwood, the Lower East Side Business Improvement DIstrict, the New York CIder Association, and Wassail, with media sponsor The Ultimate Cider & Apple Spirits Guide.

Cider Week NYC celebrates craft cider by increasing its presence in top restaurants, bars, and retail shops across New York City. CiderWeekNYC.com serves as a central hub for the cider-centric tastings, dinners, classes and more taking place during Cider Week, from October 21 through October 30, 2016. Learn more at www.ciderweeknyc.com.

All sales are final, non-refundable and non-transferable. Food and drink are subject to availability and subject to change.