The
Sugar House
  To
connoisseurs of maple syrup, March is a special month. Our
Native American forebears thought of it as the Maple Moon
- a month of changes as Mother Nature awakens; when freezing
nights and warm, sunny days move the sap up and down the maple
trees.
Visitors to the Sugar House can learn the simple, but fascinating
way pure golden maple syrup is produced. It takes about
40 gallons of sap and much wood heat to produce one gallon
of syrup. Those gallons of steam fill the Sugar House with
a wonderful maple aroma that is hard to forget. Part of the
tour includes tasting samples of the clear, cold sap and the
pure maple syrup. There is no admission charge and free
parking is plentiful.
The sugar house has doubled in size this year which makes
for more comfortable viewing. It was expanded in 2008 using
lumber cut and milled on the Loomis homestead and was built
by chief sugar maker Paul Curtis.
Hours of the Sugar House operation depend on the weather.
To find out the current boiling schedule, call 585-554-3154
or 800-716-2276.
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