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The orchard.Where every cider starts.

Pennings Cidery & Orchard East: more than 20 apple varieties to pick on over 50 acres, with the Cidery right there for a flight and a pie afterwards. Season runs late September through October and into mid-November, depending on the weather.

Final U-pick weekend of 2026Saturday Nov 7 & Sunday Nov 8, 11am–3pm
A family picking apples together at Pennings orchard

Before you pick.

  • Reserve weekendsFrom Sep 12 weekend reservations are highly recommended; when lots close, only reservation holders are guaranteed entry to the Cidery and Farm Market. Rain or shine, refunds only if severe weather closes the orchard.
  • Weekdays are walk-inNo reservation needed. Golden hour on a Thursday or Friday is the local secret.
  • Two farm addressesCidery & Orchard East: 4 Warwick Turnpike. Farm Market: 161 State Route 94 S. Both Warwick, NY 10990.
  • Use our bagsNo outside baskets, bags or coolers. Pick only what your reservation allows and plan to buy.

Orchard rules

  • Pets are not permitted. ADA service animals are; emotional support animals are not.
  • No climbing trees, shaking branches or throwing fruit. Only harvest from areas marked ready for pick-your-own.
  • No tailgating, picnicking, outside food or coolers, and no alcohol in the orchard. Save it for the Cidery.
  • Follow the traffic-flow signs: one-way routes keep things moving. No climbing fences, no restricted areas, no unauthorized drones.
  • We may check bags, strollers, containers and vehicles on exit, to keep it fair for everyone. Please carry your trash out.

43 kinds of apple.And we're still learning what each one does.

Our orchard plan starts with trees that please both apple-loving guests and the cider maker. Since the cidery arrived, the orchard has grown cider-specific trees too.

Traditional U-pick varieties that also go to the press. Exact picking varieties depend on the week and the weather.

  • Jonagold
  • Golden Delicious
  • JonaMac
  • Cortland
  • Empire
  • Macoun
  • Crispin
  • Ginger Gold
  • Fuji
  • Pristine
  • Zestar
  • Evercrisp
  • Stayman Winesap
  • Northern Spy
  • Gold Rush
  • Ida Red
  • Red Delicious
  • Braeburn
  • Honey Crisp
  • Pink Lady
  • Golden Russet
  • Ashmead's Kernel
  • Crimson Crisp
  • Sweet Zinger
  • Suncrisp
  • Keepsake
  • Rhode Island Greening
  • Gravenstein

Not just apples.Into the ciders, onto the pizzas.

Honey comes from our orchard's beekeeper, Sweet Things and Wild Thyme Honey, who also manages pollination on the farm.

  • Peaches & nectarinesYellow and white; into Peach Fuzz, Peach Cobbler and pizzas.
  • PumpkinsThe U-pick patch, and our Pumpkin cider.
  • Sweet cornGrill, market, and the corn-eating contest.
  • TomatoesFarm-to-table dishes at the Pennings Farm Grill.
  • Squash & zucchiniSold at the Farm Market down the hill.
Apples ripening on a branch

Getting back to our roots.

To keep a variety, you don't plant its seed: you notch a shoot into older rootstock and wrap it with nursery tape. The fruit genetics carry into the new tree, and the trees already in the ground keep growing instead of being torn out and replanted.

We've grafted cider and crab varieties like Porters Perfection and our own wild apple onto dessert trees that fell out of favor, like Red Delicious. The Continental's wild crab now grows on old Braeburn rootstock.

Fresh hop cones held in two hands

A hopyard, and raptor poles.

Above the orchard sits one of the first 50 acres of New York's hop revival (the state now has 500+). Brewer's Gold, Cascade, Mt. Hood, Nugget and Willamette go into our Honey Hopped cider and to regional brewers.

The trellis doubles as raptor poles: hawks hunt the mice, voles and woodchucks that damage apple trees. With integrated pest management we spray only when needed, and only the target pest, sparing pollinators. Bat boxes are next.

Tori and SJ PenningsThe Pennings family in front of the barn

Born on this farm.Tori & SJ Pennings

We were raised on the 100+ acre Pennings Farm, in the family for nearly four decades. Under the guidance of our parents Steve and Jill, who run Pennings Farm Market, we came home to start the farm's newest venture: an on-site cidery, to showcase the fruit already growing here and keep the farm viable for the next generation.

SJ runs production with Matt and Mike, and farms alongside his father Steve Sr. Jill, Tori and Annie keep the "colony" abuzz. Heather builds the seasonal pizza menu. And at "shifty o'clock" the crew meets at the taproom, which is where most of the cider names come from.

Pennings Farm Market

Make a day of it.

Pick in the orchard, then a flight and a brick oven pie at the Cidery, and the Farm Market, Beer Garden or Bar & Grill just down the hill.

Plan your visit