Behind the Syrup – How We Make Maple the Old-Fashioned Way

🌳 1. Tapping the Trees

Every late winter, when days warm and nights stay cold, our maple trees begin to flow.
We drill a small 5/16" tap hole into each tree, gently insert spiles, and run 3/16” tubing downhill to our gravity-fed tanks.

We only tap healthy trees — never too many at once — to keep our woods strong for future generations.

🔥 2. Boiling Over a Wood Fire

Once the sap is collected, it’s boiled in a traditional wood-fired evaporator. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make just 1 gallon of syrup.

The sweet steam fills our sugar shack, and we watch closely until it reaches the perfect sugar content — 66.5%.

🍶 3. Bottling by Hand

When it’s just right, we filter the syrup and bottle it by hand — still hot — in sanitized glass or plastic jugs. Every bottle is labeled, capped, and cooled before heading to your home.