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Thompson's Cider Mill

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Thompson's Cider Mill

Makers of artisanal cider for nearly 50 years. We blend many unique apple varieties to create a true, old-fashioned pure cider. (Not open for apple picking.)

08/15/2026

Happy World Honey Bee Day! 🐝

Today, we’re celebrating honeybees, bumblebees and the many native pollinators that help make cider season possible.

During spring bloom, bees carry pollen between apple blossoms—often between different apple varieties—allowing the flowers to set fruit. Strong, diverse bee populations can help orchards produce more apples as well as heavier, more evenly shaped fruit.

The bees we watched working among the blossoms this spring helped bring us the apples of fall—and cider season is coming soon!

Stay tuned. We can’t wait to return this fall with our tasting room at Sundale Farms and so much more.

08/03/2026

We can’t believe it’s already August, but the orchard is starting to whisper fall 🍎🍑🍐

Our first red apples are coming in, the peaches are fully in season, and pears are beginning to make their appearance, too. It’s one of our favorite times of year, when summer sweetness starts mingling with the promise of crisp autumn days.

Stay tuned for updates on when we’ll be reopening our cider tasting room. We can’t wait to welcome you back!

07/12/2026

Cheers to our founder and owner, Geoff Thompson, who celebrated 28 years of marriage with his wonderful wife, Elizabeth, yesterday, July 11! ❤️🍎

As Thompson’s Cider Mill celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we’re also raising a glass to another beautiful milestone: 28 years of love, laughter, partnership, and plenty of sweet memories for Geoff and Liz.

From life at the mill to all the chapters they have shared beyond it, they’ve built something truly special together.

You might even say they’re the perfect pear…although around here, we’ll stick with apples. 🍏

Happy anniversary to Geoff and Elizabeth. Here’s to 28 years together, many more seasons ahead, and a love story that remains the apple of our eye.

Please join us in wishing them a very happy anniversary! 🍎🥂

07/02/2026

Summer at Thompson’s Cider Mill 🍎☀️

The apples are beginning to emerge, the cider dreams are already bubbling, and we can’t wait to get closer to fall as we prepare to celebrate our 50th season at Thompson’s Cider Mill.

Our raspberries are also coming in, along with the pears we use for some of our other flavor varieties, adding even more to look forward to this season.

Today, July 2, we’re also proud to celebrate Made in the USA Day, honoring locally made products and the hardworking communities behind them. We’re proud to be part of that tradition right here in the Hudson Valley.

In the meantime, we hope everyone has a happy, safe, and cool Fourth of July weekend!

Need a little Thompson’s refreshment before apple season fully arrives? Visit our website to learn more, or find our famous cider retail at RiverMarkRiverMarket Square Cafe in Tarrytown.

Here’s to summer, cider, and 50 seasons of delicious tradition. 🍏

06/03/2026

Happy World Cider Day! 🍎

With the 250th anniversary of our country happening this year, we figured World Cider Day was the perfect excuse to share some fun facts about cider’s role in colonial times. A few sips of lesser-known history:

🍏 The average colonial New Englander—men, women, and even children—drank an estimated 35 gallons of cider a year. Water was risky, so cider was the safer everyday beverage.

🍏 John Adams started nearly every morning with a tankard of hard cider and kept the habit well into his 80s.

🍏 Apple orchards spread fast partly because planting trees helped settlers claim land—and most of those apples weren’t for eating, they were for the cider press.

Pictured above is Jonathan Kruk, the Hudson Valley master storyteller, who stopped by our orchard last year to see what makes this place so special. He’ll be bringing colonial and Revolutionary history to life all throughout this big Rev 250 year—go check out his work!

05/19/2026

We made a few playful edits to our 40th anniversary celebratory photo from 2016, because we truly cannot believe that 10 years have already flown by and we are now celebrating our 50th anniversary. 🍎✨

What once marked 40 seasons is now a reminder of just how quickly time passes when you are doing something you love and sharing it with a wonderful community.

From 1976 to 2026, this is a very special milestone for Thompson’s Cider Mill, and we are so grateful to everyone who has been part of the journey.

Stay tuned as our 50th anniversary celebrations get underway. And many more years to come!

05/11/2026

We hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend! 🌸

Mother’s Day had us reflecting on some of the beautiful family moments shared at Thompson’s Cider Mill and our tasting room this past fall at Sundial Farm in Ossining.

There is something special about the way cider, warm donuts, apples, crisp fall air, and a little seasonal fun can bring people together. Families, friends, little ones, grandparents, and of course, dog moms too. 🐾🍎

Stay tuned for updates on when we will reopen and what fall festivities we have planned for the coming season. We cannot wait to welcome you back for more cider mill memories.

05/08/2026

Throwback Thursday, apple-archaeology edition. 🍎📰
Before Thompson’s Cider Mill became a beloved fall tradition, Geoff Thompson was already leaving cider receipts in the newspaper.

This clipping is from the Herald Statesman, Friday, October 24, 1975, Page 33, featuring Geoff’s article: “Cider—nectar of common folks.”

While disco was warming up and Studio 54 had not even opened yet, Geoff was out here writing about antique cider presses, apple varieties, fresh sweet cider, and the extremely important civic question of whether cider is, in fact, “the nectar of common folks.”

Spoiler: yes.

Thompson’s Cider Mill traces its modern-day roots back to 1975, when Geoff’s interest in apples and fresh, unfiltered cider first began at Teatown Lake Reservation. Decades later, that curiosity has become a true Westchester fall tradition.
From newspaper ink to apple press, the cider commitment has always been real.

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335 Blinn Road
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
10520

Opening Hours

Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+19144093433

Website

http://www.thompsonscidermill.com/

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