Greetings from the sugarbush mid-summer! We have purchased a state of the art bottling unit and we will refreshing our supply of maple syrup at the end of August.  We have had several people inquire about maple cream and we'll be processing the light amber syrup into maple cream end of August or early September.

If you want to preorder a certain quantity or size of syrup, please feel free to send us an email  - dsomers@citlink.net or check back on our website late August.

Enjoy the remaining part of summer!

We were greeted by 3 inches of wet snow as we closed out our maple syrup production for the 2014 season.Sap flow decreased to less than 1/2 gal. per tap, but more importantly, the sugar content in the sap dropped to 1.4 % ( compared to ave. of 2.4 % ). This translates to over 60 gal. of sap to make a single gal. of syrup. This yield is too low to justify the time and wood necessary to continue on.We completed the day with 30 gal. of syrup. This closes out the production phase for us and ushers in the enjoyment phase for you. We only have a limited amount of Grade B syrup. If this is your preference, please order early to avoid disappointment.**** Email your preference for Grade B, available in quarts or gallons.

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The ice on the lake is nearly out, green shoots are emerging from the forest floor, and the buds will start to swell soon.  After a week of warm, comfortable temperatures that have signaled that Spring might finally be here, we have had a series of cold nights.  These few freezing temperatures have been enough to cause the trees to run a few more days.  But looking at the 10 day forecast, the freeze/thaw cycle looks like it is about to end.  This will cause the sap to stop flowing and the taste of the sap to change slightly.

Last night we made 15 gallons of syrup, which put our season total at 406 gallons.  This exceeds our annual production record that we set last year of 394 gallons.  It doesn't appear that we will reach the record for syrup per taphole that we set in 2011, when we made about 350 gallons from 700 taps.  This year we put out a little over 1000 taps, so we would have to make about 100 gallons more to beat that record.  This seems unlikely at this point.