We have expanded our product line at Somerskogen Sugarbush, offering for the first time maple cream.  Maple cream is a pure maple product.  Don't let the name confuse you, nothing else is added to it.  It is made from pure maple syrup that is heated an additional 15 degrees, cooled slowly, and then processed in a manner that causes very small crystals to form.  It can be enjoyed as a spread on toast, an addition to a sandwich or simply as a sweet spoonful.  It has all of the flavor of pure maple syrup, but has the consistency of whipped honey or soft peanut butter.  It is a perfect way to enjoy maple flavor when you don't have time to make pancakes or waffles. 

It takes more than one pint of pure maple syrup to make one pound of maple cream.

We just received our custom printed plastic bottles that we will now be selling.  In addition to looking very nice, the plastic bottles do offer some nice advantages over the glass bottles for shipping, easy pouring because of the built in handle, and increased durability.  These are high quality plastics from Hillside Plastics and do NOT contain any BPA; they are made from high density polypropylene.  We currently have pint, quart and gallon containers for the same high quality maple syrup you have grown accustomed to.  In the picture, you also can see the one pound maple cream container.  This is the biggest size custom printed container we could buy.  A word of caution when ordering maple cream--it goes fast! 

With the unusually warm temperatures in Minnesota for the month of March, our season has ended. It was short, but sweet. Other than a few technical problems, sryuping went well and we enjoyed watching the drops of sap accumulate and finish as delicious syrup.  The trees produced one gallon of syrup for every three taps.

Bottling will continue this weekend as well as the  process of cleaning all the lines and the evaporator.

We have syrup in various sizes and hopefully, by mid-May, we will have plastic jugs with our logo available in pints, quarts and gallons.

Recipes are being posted, so check back often.

The atypical weather continues with no snow during the month of March.  This is the first time in recorded weather history that this has occured. The weather outlook for the upcoming week is for highs in the 60's.

The sap flows have continued at brisk rates of up to 1.5 gallons per tap, per day! The quality and consistency of our syrup remains outstanding.  We have been fortunate to be able to process our sap quickly to achieve this.

Will this next week be the end of syruping? Check back!