Maple Sugaring Time in New Hampshire
From mid-February through early April, the state’s maple producers
repeat the 300 year old annual ritual of tapping the maple trees that
provide the annual fall foliage display, collect and haul the sap to their
sugarhouses -- some using traditional buckets and horse or oxen-drawn
sledges, some with high-tech plastic tubing connecting the trees like a
sweet spiderweb -- and then boil the sap down to syrup: 25-75 gallons
to produce one gallon of syrup.
All season they invite the public to observe, participate and taste the
results such as sugar-on-snow (warm syrup poured over fresh snow
makes a taffy-like candy) or a pancake breakfast. For those who can't get
enough of a good thing, many sugarhouses offer maple candy, syrup and
other maple delights year-round through their websites.
Maple Season brings special activities throughout the state, with
sugarhouses, inns and restaurants offering special events and packages.
For example:
Stonewall Farm in West Keene, an educational, working farm in Keene,
NH presents a Sap Gathering Contest. Contestants drive teams of draft
horses through sugar maples to gather 40 buckets of sap, earning points
based on speed, amount of sap gathered, and teamwork. Children can
join sap-carrying relay races using old-time wooden yokes. (www.
stonewallfarm.org)
Sunnyside Maples, Inc. in Loudon, NH is a traditional New Hampshire
business operated on the same site for over 50 years by the Moore family.
Located just south of the Lakes Region on Route 106 in Loudon. Between
the end of February and the first of April their Gift Shop features all types
of delicious maple products, made by the Moore family. Also available
are other NH made items. Gift Shop and Sugarhouse close mid April, but
all of our products are available year-round by calling 603-267-8217 or
603-783-0321.
Stuart and John’s Sugar House in Westmoreland, NH has its own
restaurant and serves “anything you can put syrup on.” Open weekends
beginning the second weekend in February through the first weekend in
April. Call 603-399-4486.
Bisson's Sugarhouse in Berlin, NH offers an educational program on
sugaring and serves maple syrup on ice cream. All-day events in late
March in conjunction with the Northern Forest Heritage Park next door,
include horse-drawn sleigh rides if weather permits. Call 603-752-1298.
The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem (www.therocks.org), operated by the
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, offers a two-hour
program in which visitors make their own syrup and learn the history of
sugaring. Special weekend programs in March. A team of horses takes
visitors to the trees.
Sugar Hill Inn in Franconia offers a Maple Sugar package in conjunction
with the Rocks Estate, including a 2-hour sugaring demonstration, a horse
drawn wagon ride around the estate, a five-course, maple-themed dinner
showcasing the culinary use of maple syrup (literally, from soup to nuts),
two nights lodging, full country breakfast each morning, casual dinner for
two Friday evening and all taxes and gratuities, starting at $385 per
person. Call 800-548-4748 or visit www.sugarhillinn.com.
The Jefferson Inn in Jefferson, NH (www.jeffersoninn.com) also offers a
package during weekends in March combining a maple sugar tour at The
Rocks, two nights accommodations and full country (maple enriched!)
breakfast, starting at $249. Call 800-729-7908.
Christies’ Maple Farm in Lancaster, NH (www.realmaple.com) has a
maple sugaring museum and a tasting bar for sampling the various
grades of syrup. Grade A is pale, with a delicate flavor, Grade B, darker
and more robust. The darker the syrup, the stronger the maple intensity.
The Remick Museum, a working farm museum in Tamworth, NH has
maple sugaring demonstrations -- oxen haul sap from trees to boiling iron
kettles -- and samples. Riverbend Inn nearby offers a Maple Sugar
Weekend package including a dinner featuring maple syrup used in new
and delicious ways and a bottle of maple syrup made in Chocorua to take
home. Call 800-628-6944 or visit www.riverbendinn.com.
Perrie Purcell, Pastry Chef at Wentworth By the Sea Hotel and Spa in
New Castle (Portsmouth) will present a “Maple Panna Cotta” dessert in
New York on March 3rd at the famed culinary James Beard House to
guests of Historic Hotels of America -- and then feature the dessert in the
hotel's Wentworth Dining Room throughout March.
(www.wentworth.com).
Visitors should call the Maple Hotline, 603-225-3757, to get details. They
can also request a free guidebook by calling 1-800-FUN-IN-NH, ext. 100,
or by going to www.visitnh.gov.
From mid-February through early April, the state’s maple producers
repeat the 300 year old annual ritual of tapping the maple trees that
provide the annual fall foliage display, collect and haul the sap to their
sugarhouses -- some using traditional buckets and horse or oxen-drawn
sledges, some with high-tech plastic tubing connecting the trees like a
sweet spiderweb -- and then boil the sap down to syrup: 25-75 gallons
to produce one gallon of syrup.
All season they invite the public to observe, participate and taste the
results such as sugar-on-snow (warm syrup poured over fresh snow
makes a taffy-like candy) or a pancake breakfast. For those who can't get
enough of a good thing, many sugarhouses offer maple candy, syrup and
other maple delights year-round through their websites.
Maple Season brings special activities throughout the state, with
sugarhouses, inns and restaurants offering special events and packages.
For example:
Stonewall Farm in West Keene, an educational, working farm in Keene,
NH presents a Sap Gathering Contest. Contestants drive teams of draft
horses through sugar maples to gather 40 buckets of sap, earning points
based on speed, amount of sap gathered, and teamwork. Children can
join sap-carrying relay races using old-time wooden yokes. (www.
stonewallfarm.org)
Sunnyside Maples, Inc. in Loudon, NH is a traditional New Hampshire
business operated on the same site for over 50 years by the Moore family.
Located just south of the Lakes Region on Route 106 in Loudon. Between
the end of February and the first of April their Gift Shop features all types
of delicious maple products, made by the Moore family. Also available
are other NH made items. Gift Shop and Sugarhouse close mid April, but
all of our products are available year-round by calling 603-267-8217 or
603-783-0321.
Stuart and John’s Sugar House in Westmoreland, NH has its own
restaurant and serves “anything you can put syrup on.” Open weekends
beginning the second weekend in February through the first weekend in
April. Call 603-399-4486.
Bisson's Sugarhouse in Berlin, NH offers an educational program on
sugaring and serves maple syrup on ice cream. All-day events in late
March in conjunction with the Northern Forest Heritage Park next door,
include horse-drawn sleigh rides if weather permits. Call 603-752-1298.
The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem (www.therocks.org), operated by the
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, offers a two-hour
program in which visitors make their own syrup and learn the history of
sugaring. Special weekend programs in March. A team of horses takes
visitors to the trees.
Sugar Hill Inn in Franconia offers a Maple Sugar package in conjunction
with the Rocks Estate, including a 2-hour sugaring demonstration, a horse
drawn wagon ride around the estate, a five-course, maple-themed dinner
showcasing the culinary use of maple syrup (literally, from soup to nuts),
two nights lodging, full country breakfast each morning, casual dinner for
two Friday evening and all taxes and gratuities, starting at $385 per
person. Call 800-548-4748 or visit www.sugarhillinn.com.
The Jefferson Inn in Jefferson, NH (www.jeffersoninn.com) also offers a
package during weekends in March combining a maple sugar tour at The
Rocks, two nights accommodations and full country (maple enriched!)
breakfast, starting at $249. Call 800-729-7908.
Christies’ Maple Farm in Lancaster, NH (www.realmaple.com) has a
maple sugaring museum and a tasting bar for sampling the various
grades of syrup. Grade A is pale, with a delicate flavor, Grade B, darker
and more robust. The darker the syrup, the stronger the maple intensity.
The Remick Museum, a working farm museum in Tamworth, NH has
maple sugaring demonstrations -- oxen haul sap from trees to boiling iron
kettles -- and samples. Riverbend Inn nearby offers a Maple Sugar
Weekend package including a dinner featuring maple syrup used in new
and delicious ways and a bottle of maple syrup made in Chocorua to take
home. Call 800-628-6944 or visit www.riverbendinn.com.
Perrie Purcell, Pastry Chef at Wentworth By the Sea Hotel and Spa in
New Castle (Portsmouth) will present a “Maple Panna Cotta” dessert in
New York on March 3rd at the famed culinary James Beard House to
guests of Historic Hotels of America -- and then feature the dessert in the
hotel's Wentworth Dining Room throughout March.
(www.wentworth.com).
Visitors should call the Maple Hotline, 603-225-3757, to get details. They
can also request a free guidebook by calling 1-800-FUN-IN-NH, ext. 100,
or by going to www.visitnh.gov.
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