Archive | Maple Syrup

Spring is here, and the weather has not been cooperating, so we are doing it again this weekend! Join us on Saturday, March 25th for our annual maple tree-tapping and free worker’s lunch. It’s a fun day tromping out in the woods, getting fresh air, and a hearty lunch for all who help. When you arrive, please check in at the cider barn, you will need to sign a waiver before going out into the woods. 

Be sure to dress for the weather, it may be snowy, wet, or muddy in the woods so wear sturdy, waterproof boots. Bring some gloves that are ok to get dirty and wet. and plan to enjoy the great outdoors.

Additional helpful items to bring if you are able (not required)

• Cordless drill and extra batteries

• Snowshoes

• Plastic sled/tabagon

We will be tapping 1000 maple trees, installing the taps, tubes and buckets around the farm. Everyone who helps out for a few hours will get a free lunch of chili with all of the fixin’s. Kids welcome too (with parental supervision).

While we love dogs, and dogs on leashes are always welcome on the farm, for this event, we ask that no dogs be in attendance – and that includes our own two dogs.

Contact us with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you here at the farm for a fun-filled day!

We are happy to announce two new flavors on the farm.

Introducing…. bourbon barrel aged maple syrup! This is our organic maple syrup aged for one year in a freshly emptied bourbon barrel from our friends at Isanti Spirits. We have a very limited supply, exclusively available here at the farm. But of course, we have plenty of our regular maple syrup available too.

After emptying thee maple syrup out of the bourbon barrel, the easiest way to slurp up the residual syrup was to add some cider in the barrel. After a couple of weeks of soaking in the barrels, we now have maple bourbon cider. This too is a very limited supply, and exclusively available on tap here at the farm. So be sure to stop on by and give it a try before it’s all gone!

This goofy guy is the person who got us started making maple syrup nearly 15 years ago. He grew up in Vermont and spent his childhood and young adult years making maple syrup every spring. On his first visit to our farm, he walked through our woods, saw lots of sugar maple trees and asked “have you ever thought about making maple syrup?”

On Thursday June 4, 2015, he was tragically killed in an airplane accident in Alaska.

Our hearts are broken. We are only one of the few people he has touched throughout his lifetime. Anyone who has met Jay has a story to tell.

Jay, we love you and miss you so much.