New York Laws
Article 4-A - Special Provisions Relating to Cider
58-D - Custom Cidermakers' Center.

(a) conduct training classes on how to manufacture cider; and
(b) conduct cider tastings for those individuals taking such classes
and/or using such facility for the production of cider at the licensed
facility provided that the tastings shall be subject to the following
limitations:
(i) tastings shall be conducted by the licensee or by an official
agent of the licensee. Such licensee or agent shall be physically
present at all times during the conduct of the tastings; and
(ii) any liability stemming from a right of action resulting from a
tasting of cider as authorized herein and in accordance with the
provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations law,
shall accrue to such center.
4. The custom cidermakers' center licensee shall be subject to the
supervision of the authority to ensure that the licensee and the
individuals utilizing such center are in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter, state laws, rules, and regulations, and the laws,
rules, and regulations of the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau.
5. The licensee or an official agent of the licensee shall be
physically present at all times during the facility's hours of
operations.
6. The annual aggregate production of cider at any such center for all
individuals making cider at such premises, pursuant to a custom
cidermakers' center license, shall not exceed the production limits set
forth by the authority that are commensurate with a non-commercial
production facility. Provided that such aggregate production limit shall

not be offset by cider produced at such facility under a cidery license
or farm cidery license.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the authority
may issue a custom cidermakers' center license to the holder of a farm
cidery or cidery license or farm winery or winery license for use at
such licensee's existing licensed premises.
8. The authority is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
9. The licensee must maintain a record of the name, address, and
contact information of the individuals that have used such facility and
the annual amount of cider produced by each individual at the facility
pursuant to the rules of the authority.
10. The annual fee for a license to operate a custom cidermakers'
center shall be three hundred twenty dollars.

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