Nearly 40 sugar houses will open their doors and have demonstrations, stuff to do & samples. See maple syrup being made throughout Ohio. Sharing their history and, hopefully, influencing our future maple producers.” “47 Maple operations will be opening their doors for you across the state of Ohio. Each sugarhouse and operation is unique to the maple producer.
The drive-it-yourself tour features sugarhouses across NE Ohio. (When sharing our list online, please be courteous and include a link back to our website.) Spend a day watching the smoke rise from the sugar houses, sample various products made from maple sugar, and eat pancakes smothered in 100% PURE OHIO MAPLE golden goodness.īelow is just a sampling of some of the maple syrup events happening around Ohio. This year why not experience Ohio’s maple season. Depending on the weather, the maple sugaring season lasts from mid-February through the first part of April. It takes approximately 40 to 50 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. The sap is then boiled to remove the excess water. By tapping the tree, the sap has an outlet. As sap pressure builds up in the tree the sap finds its way out. Cold freezing nights and warm sunny days help the sap in the trees to thaw. The weather plays a big part in the type of maple harvest there will be. Then attaching a bucket or plastic tubing to the spout where the sap is collected. Tapping a tree consists of drilling a small hole in the trunk of a sugar maple and inserting a spout. Each year in February the Ohio maple industry begins the process of tapping area maple trees for their sap.
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