Somerskogen Sugarbush is a family owned and operated maple syrup farm located in Minnetrista, Minnesota. We have been making 100% pure maple syrup on 17 acres of maple forest since 1994. We started out with 23 taps that dripped into plastic bags, but now have 800 taps connected to a high powered vacuum pump. Every year leads to new improvements and innovations in the sugarbush. We enjoy sharing what we have learned and hope that this website will be helpful to maple syrup makers and others interested in learning more about nature’s finest sweetener.
by Peter
7/21/2011 9:05:00 PM
The main tasks we are doing in the woods this summer include maintaining and improving our tubing collection system. We will be expanding the pipeline a little bit, bringing a couple hundred new taps into our collection network, and hopefully increasing our total production. We have wanted to do this for a while, but it wasn't until we had the Reverse Osmosis machine up and working this year that we felt comfortable that we had enough time to process the extra sap that we expect to collect.