Rule 01
Orchard first
Every can starts as 100% New York apples. If the fruit isn't right, the cider waits — the orchard sets the schedule, not the other way around.
Est. 2013
Made on a family farm in the hills of Canisteo.
Damn good cider. No shortcuts.
The pledge
100% New York apples.
No added sugar.
No added water.
No artificial anything.
Never have, never will.
Sweetness from fruit, never from a sugar bag.
The long way
Thirteen years, zero shortcuts.
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where it started 2013
A recipe and a Kickstarter
The Collins family starts fermenting the family recipe in Canisteo, New York — and a Kickstarter full of true believers puts the first batches into the world.
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the cider house, day one Oct 2015
A home of our own
The production facility comes online and the Canisteo tasting room opens its doors on Cunningham Creek Road.
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the production floor The can era
Onto the canning line
Bottles give way to 12oz cans — the same cider, in the format that actually travels. Four-packs, variety packs, and a lineup that keeps growing.
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Today
Still stubborn
New York's Most Awarded Farm Cidery — shipping to eligible states across the map, made exactly the way it was in 2013.
“If the fruit isn’t right, the cider waits.”
The crew
Good cider.
Good company.
Six of us. One of us is a dog.
Meet the crew behind Cider Creek.
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Kevin Collins
Owner & OG Cider Maker
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Melanie Collins
Co-Owner & Business Manager
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Jessica Varina
Head Cider Maker & Ops
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QB Collins
Future Cider Maker
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Sam Lower
Head of Web & Digital
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Archie
Quality Control
Cider Creek Hard Cider Canisteo, New York · Est. 2013
What we won't budge on
Three rules of the farm.
Not a mission statement. Three things that decide what gets canned and what gets poured out.
Rule 02
Nothing added, ever
No added sugar. No added water. No artificial flavors. Sweetness from fruit, never from a sugar bag.
Rule 03
Weird when it counts
The standards never bend. The flavors occasionally get abducted. Meet Captain LeZard and the Conspiracy Series.
Open the file →Bring on the judges
New York’s Most Awarded Farm Cidery
Five medals across two competitions, an SBA Small Business of the Year, and thirteen years of making it the slow way.
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GLINTCAP
Silver & Bronze
Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition, both for the Original.
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CiderCraft Awards
Three medals
One competition, one year, three of them. 2018.
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Small Business of the Year
U.S. Small Business Administration
Not for the cider — for the business the cider built.
21,535 check-ins on Untappd Not an award — just the receipts, logged one can at a time.
See the full wallThirteen years in
Taste what stubbornness makes.
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