New York State Maple Weekend 2015
Sappy: The annual New York State Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, March 21 and 22. (And it's also next weekend -- March 28 and 29 -- so it's more like Maple Weekends.)
What is the Maple Weekend? Blurbage:
Every spring, the New York State Maple Producers Association invites families from across the Empire State and neighboring areas into their "sugar houses" to learn all about the production of maple syrup and other related products. Our goal during Maple Weekend is to provide an educational demonstration with a maple producer where visitors can experience many aspects of pure maple production. Maple producers will demonstrate how to make syrup and other pure maple products -- whether it's simply boiling the sap over an open fire or running it through highly scientific equipment or heating and stirring it into delicious sugars and creams -- the results always taste great!
And the tours and samples are free.
New York State is the nation's second-largest producer of maple syrup. (Vermont is #1.) And there are a bunch of local producers around the greater Capital Region -- the Maple Weekend website lists 25 participating producers within 50 miles of Albany.
Earlier on AOA: The art and science of maple sugaring
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So, which near Albany ones would people recommend?
... said Curious on Mar 16, 2015 at 9:35 PM | link
This sounds DELICIOUS! :)
... said Andy on Mar 17, 2015 at 11:08 AM | link
We took a ride last year to Mountain Winds Farm. It was a pretty drive and we enjoyed seeing the process of how our syrup was made. Wear boots - it'll be muddy!
http://mountainwindsfarm.com/
... said Silvia Meder Lilly on Mar 17, 2015 at 11:55 AM | link
We went to the Peaceful Valley all you can eat pancake breakfast years ago. It was a schlep but seriously sooo good. They made these tasty little corn fritters too. Highly recommend.
... said Rebecca on Mar 17, 2015 at 12:55 PM | link