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17-03-2025
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NWPA's Maple Taste and Tour makes its sweet return
Maple syrup season is officially here with the 22nd annual Maple Taste and Tour kicking off this weekend. Over 20 local farms are showcasing this season's maple syrup harvest, putting customers on a tour across six different counties. You can't make maple syrup everywhere in the world, but in northwest pennsylvania, maple syrup tapping is a yearly event people look forward to. And at last maple syrup season is here, with over 20 farms across 6 counties celebrating the 22nd annual Maple Taste and Tour this weekend. 'Maple syrup is such a natural thing, we've been making for about 25 years now. It's been something my youngest son and I started on a whim, and we've been making it ever since,' Bill Phillips, owner of Fort Leboeuf maple. Visitors came to Fort Leboeuf Maple this weekend to tour the maple syrup-making process, eat pancakes and sausage, and of course, taste-test the maple syrup. But making maple syrup isn't easy, and farmers go through a long process to perfect the sugary concoction. 'We run it through a reverse osmosis machine, boil sap, draw off syrup, we bring it out here into this room and we finish it, run it through a filter press and run it into our jugs,' Phillips said. Now making maple syrup can be a long and complicated process. What you're seeing right here is the caramelization process, where they're separating that sap from the water, and eventually, you get that sweet goodness that's known as maple syrup. 'Syrup does not wait for nobody. When the season's here, it's here, it's time to go. It's kind of been late this year, which is kind of a blessing in disguise.' 'We can prepare all year for this, and you don't know when the weather is actually going to break,' said Andrew Furry, owner of Furry's Family Farm. Furry Family Farms made its debut at the Maple Taste and Tour this year as a small family-run operation with under 500 maple taps. And if you haven't had a chance to get your local maple syrup yet, it's not too late, With the season getting a late start this year, there's still sap to be tapped. For more information on local maple syrup farms near you, Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Yahoo
Three new sugar houses join the 2025 Maple Taste & Tour Weekend. What to know if you go
The sweetest tour in the Erie region is back. The Northwest Pennsylvania Maple Syrup Producers Association will host its annual Maple Taste & Tour Weekend March 15-16. The event begins each day at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Visitors can tour various sugar houses in the region, learn about maple syrup production and sample a variety of maple products. Participating sugar houses offer demonstrations, tastings and the opportunity to purchase fresh maple syrup and other maple products. Three new sugar houses will join the tour this year, including one in Erie County. From 2024: Maple Taste & Tour: Sweet treats at center of syrupy trip around northwest Pa. Here are the participating sugar houses in each county: New to the Maple Taste & Tour are three sugar houses, one in Erie County and two in Mercer County: Furry's Family Farm, Albion Munnell Run Farm Sugar Shack, Mercer Windy Knoll Maple Farm, Stoneboro Please enable Javascript to view this content. Almost Home Sugar Shack: 10721 Eureka Road, Edinboro. 814-460-5107 or 814-923-1434. Hurry Hill Farm and Museum: 11424 Fry Road, Edinboro. 814-572-1358. Maple Lane Maple Products: 9437 Phillips Road, Union City. 814-881-1017. Shumakes Sugar Shack: 11401 Hilltop Road, Albion. 814-602-9533. Squirrel Creek Maple Products: 9404 W. Lake Road, Lake City. 814-602-1689. Yatzor's Maple Products: 5860 Koman Road, Edinboro. 814-450-4056. Casbohm Maple and Honey: 9750 Sherman Road, Albion. 814-756-4781. Triple Creek Maple Products: 9225 Fillinger Road, Cranesville. 814-756-4500. Fort LeBoeuf Maple: 2789 Dublin Road, Waterford. 814-796-3699. Wildcat Maple: 200 Harthan Way, Albion. 814-490-7180. Jim's Sugar Shack: 3229 Davison Road, Harborcreek. 814-602-7877. Austin's Pure Maple Syrup: 13738 Route 8, Wattsburg. 814-431-9790. Furry's Family Farm: 9525 Route 6N, Albion. 814-882-5996. Where we shopped: Supermarkets and grocers from Erie County's past in photos How Sweet It Is: 19868 Greenleaf Drive, Saegertown. 814-763-2777. The Willows at Little Conneauttee: 24507 Route 99, Cambridge Springs. 814-720-7016. Boylan Farms: 26308 Crossingville Road, Edinboro. 814-734-5078. Coryea's Maple Products: 4303 Ivanhoe Road, Sharpsville. 724-813-0394. Munnell Run Farm Sugar Shack: 753 Greenville Road, Mercer. 724-662-2242. Windy Knoll Maple Farm: 503 Boyd Road, Stoneboro. 724-967-6075. Triple J Farms: 315 Voorhees Road, Titusville. 814-671-5981. Yeany's Maple: 113 Chestnut St., Marienville. 814-221-4360. Senita Maple: 10750 Stateline Road, Clymer, New York. 814-392-5200 or 814-882-1531. McCray Maple: 213 Route 426, Clymer, New York. 716-499-7306. For a list of directions to each sugarhouse, visit Contact Nicholas Sorensen at nsorensen@ This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: 2025 Maple Taste & Tour: Where to find participating sugar houses
