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9th Annual Taste & Tour
Weekend
We invite you to spend the weekend exploring the heart of the Pennsylvania Maple Producer. Each of these sugaring operations are unique in their own way.
10:00am to 4pm
Click here for a Map of Sugar House locations
Click here for a Informational Brochure about the Taste & Tour Weekend
New York State also has a Maple Weekend, check it out at www.mapleweekend.com
Warren County
Jon Whitmire 4388 Scandia Road Russell, PA 16345 (814) 706-2660 (814) 757-8462 Email: jcwhitmire@verizon.net Website: http://Whitmiremaple.net
Directions From the North: I-86 Steamburg Exit, East on 394 toward Onoville. Onoville to Scandia, PA. 1/2 mile past Scandia intersection on left. From Warren: Rt. 62 North, turn at Hatch Run Road. Then left on Scandia Rd., go 1 1/2 mile, on right.
Maple Ridge Farm Loren & Michelle Cable 1920 Fox Hill Road Russell, PA 16345 (814) 757-5449 Email: cablesmapleridgefarm@hotmail.com
We have approximately 500 taps all on tubing with high vacuum. This year we will be using a reverse osmosis machine to take some of the water out before boiling on our 2.5 x 8 wood fired evaporator. Come enjoy free samples of maple candy, maple mustard, maple peanuts along with maple syrup. All products will be for sale.
Directions: From Warren: go north on Rt. 62. At the intersection with Rt. 957, go east into Russell After crossing the bridge approximately 1/2 mile, turn left onto Fox Hill Rd. Go 2 country miles. House is on right side of the road with easy access to sugarhouse behind barn. Erie County
R & B
Maple Keith & Bonnie Talbott 814-756-0927, 10967 West Road, Albion, PA 16401
100 Taps • Combination Jugs and Tubing • Brick arch 3 x 7 evaporator - home built *Some Free Samples • Syrup for Sale *
Directions: From I-79, west on 6N 6 miles to West Road, turn right, 1/4 mile to 1st house on right.
Come see
our oil fired evaporator. Learn how maple syrup is made and
Enjoy our delicious maple syrup along with other free samples of maple products. *Many maple products for sale*
In
Waterford, turn east at the traffic light, go around the park.
Continue east on 3rd Street to the “T” at Donation Rd. Turn left, go
about .75 mile, turn right onto Dublin Rd., go about 2 miles.
Driveway is on the right at the bottom of the hill.
Cabin by the Creek David Yochim 8168 Huntley Road Albion, PA 16401 (814) 922-7755 E-Mail: Medic60by@hotmail.com
Full
steam ahead for our best production year yet. Our recently acquired
1910 enter- prise boiler powering our traditional sugar house
includes: steam powered pre-evapora- tor,
Directions: From I-90: Go South 1.5 miles on Rt. 6N to Biscoff Rd. Take a right turn, go 1 block to Huntley Rd. Take a left turn and go about 200 yards to location. Follow signs. From Albion: Go West on Rt 6N, 5 miles past Cherry Hill. Cross bridge over Conneaut Creek and turn left at top of hill onto Huntley Rd. Location is on the left. Follow signs.
Triple Creek Maple
Products
Triple Creek began producing maple syrup in 1988 with ten taps and
an open boiling pan in the Schedule on Both Sat. and Sun.: 10am-4pm- Maple syrup production; Noon - Making Maple cream; 2pm - Making M aple crumb sugar.
From 6N, go north on Rt.18 for 3.7 mi to Fillinger Rd. From I-90, go
south on Rt.18 for 2.1 mi to Fillinger Rd. Turn east onto Fillinger,
go 2.2 miles, Triple Creek Farm is on Southside of the road.
We have been making syrup in our family for 100 years. Warm up near the wood fired arch while we make future maple memories in our inviting sugarhouse. Kids and parents can check out the sap buckets hanging on the trees in the yard to see if the sap is running.
We plan to be boiling and making syrup both days of the Taste and
Tour event. Dress for the Albion weather. Our sugarhouse has easy
access on a paved road. We have facili Please visit the North Room of the sugarhouse for your maple and honey products to take home. There will be maple and honey samples on this self-guided tour, plus all products will be for sale. You can check our website after the Taste and Tour, for product list- ings and placing orders. We ship anywhere. You are welcome to view and discuss our 2011 improvements to our sugaring operation. The addition of a WRU (Water Reduction Unit) will allow us to process maple syrup faster and the AOF (Air Over Fire) will reduce wood consumption. View the sign-in boards from tours of the past and add your signatures for folks to see in the future. Come in and set a spell and visit with a sugar-maker and beekeeper. Ask us questions and learn about our maple and honey hobbies.
Website:
www.hurryhillfarm.org
We
offer a unique sugarhouse tour includ
From I-79 Edinboro exit, east on 6N .25 mi., turn left (north) on Fry Rd., 2 mi. to new Hurry Hill Farm Maple Museum, 11424 Fry Rd. *2009 & 2010 PA Farm Show “Best of Show” & “Premier Exhibitor”* Park in lot. No smoking or pets, please. Wear boots and dress warmly!!
Yatzor's Maple Products
From Edinboro, west on 6N approx. 1.8 mi to Fry Rd. Turn right and go .6 mi to Koman Rd. Turn left on Koman .2 mi and sugarhouse is on right side of road.
Maple Lane Maple Farm Greg, Chris, Shaylyn & Cassidy Walberg 9437 Phillips Road, Union City, PA 16438 (814) 739-9422 email: sibergirl@verizon.net
Reminisce about syrup making and watch our video on the maple syrup process. Join us for lunch, free hot beverages, free samples of syrup, candy cream, maple mustard and maple peanuts. All products will be available for purchase.
Directions: 3/4 mile south of Wattsburg on Rt. 8 to Phillips Road. Look for red barn. From Union City, go north on Rt. 8 for 9 miles, take right on Phillips Road. Look for red barn. Easy access and handicapped accessible.
3rd Annual Maple Festival Benefits Edinboro Area Historical Society & Edinboro Volunteer Fire Dept.
Saturday & Sunday, March 24 & 25, 2012 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department, 125 Meadville Street, Edinboro, PA 16412
Tickets $7.00 Adults - $3.00 Children 12 and under
Pancakes • Fresh Sausage • Local Maple Syrup Agricultural Products, Arts & Crafts Show and Sale Live Music with Local Bands Two-Mile Pancake Run starting at 9am Saturday
Crawford County
How Sweet It Is Laura Dengler & Bob Kent 814-763-2777 19868 Greenleaf Drive, Saegertown, PA 16433
Laura and Bob along with family and friends will welcome you to our
modern sugar house where you can learn the process of making pure
maple syr
Directions: From I-79 get off at the Saegertown Exit Rt. 198, go east toward Saegertown, go 2.9 miles and before you cross the bridge, turn left onto Greenleaf Drive. From Saegertown, Rt. 6 & 19, take Rt. 198 west towards I-79, after crossing bridge, turn right onto Greenleaf Drive. We are located the last house on the right 1.6 miles.
Sleepy Creek Honey & Maple Syrup Mike Brauen, Norm Pratt & Lester Sherred 22399 Cemetery Road Venango, PA 16440 (814) 398-4021 norman.pratt@us.army.mil http://agmap.psu.edu/businesses/5203
A
family run operation for many years, we will be making syrup in a
newly built sugar- house. We use a 3 1/2’ x 12’ wood fired eva We also have approximately 40 bee hives in which we do crop pollination and honey sales throughout Crawford and Erie counties. There will be hot beverages, snacks and lunch items available throughout the day as well as many of our own products for sale, and free samples to go around. Demonstrations on making maple syrup using a flat pan and cast iron kettle will be available throughout the days. We will also have beekeeping exhibits and honey extraction presentations. Antique displays from Crawford County and antique sugar-making tools will all be on display in sugar house.
Directions: From Edinboro, take Rt. 99 south towards Saegertown. Where Rt. 99 south curves left towards Cambridge Springs, stay straight at Y onto Plank Road. Drive 4.4 miles then turn right onto Cemetery Rd. Drive .5 miles on Cemetery Rd., sugar house is on the left.
Howles Family Maple Products
We
have about 1500 taps on both tubing and buckets. We use vacuum
systems with our tubing. We use a Dominion &
From Meadville: take Rt. 77 towards Blooming Valley. Go two miles past Blooming Valley and take a right onto Lyona Rd. Take immediate right onto the dirt road (Maillard Road). Take the first left onto Patterson Road. The sugarhouse is the last place on the left in the garage behind the house.
Williams Family Maple Products David Williams 17320 Theuret Hill Road Saegertown, PA 16433 (814)763-6957
The
owners will explain how they use the latest technology - a UV light
and reverse osmosis machine before boiling the sap in a 3'
x 8'
wood fired evaporator.
Sap is collect-
From Saegertown take 198 East toward Blooming Valley to Stoltz Rd. Turn Left. At first intersection turn left on Theuret Hill Rd. First house on right. Visit both garage and sugar house! Our Lil' Sugar House Scott & Kendra Durfee & Children 16234 S. Mosiertown Rd Saegertown, PA 16433 (814)333-6540 E-mail: scottdurfee@juno.com
Website:
www.lilsugarhouse.com
From I-79 Saegertown exit, west on Rt. 198, turn left on South Mosiertown Road (first intersection) approx. 1.8 miles, our driveway is on the left side of the road. From Meadville, Rt. 19 to Black Rd, right at tee, 1/2 mile to sugarhouse. Watch for signs.
Venango County
Dennis Farms Dennis, Kevin & Cindy
4500
taps all on tubing with vacuum. One 3’ x 12’ raised flue, oil fired
evaporator with reverse osmosis. Numerous samples. Samples of nuts,
cream, maple syrup
dip, and candy. Separ
Directions: From Meadville/Titusville or points North: Rt. 27 to Chapmanville, LeBoeuf Trail Rd. (right if from Meadville, left if from Titusville). Go to Sunville, at church bear left onto Russell Rd. Go 1.5 miles to #765 on left. From Oil City/Franklin or points South: take Rt. 428/417 to Demseytown, take 428N to Wallaceville, turn left at Wallaceville Methodist Church. Go 1.6 miles, turn right onto Russell Rd. First place on the right.
Mercer County
Unfortunately, there are no sugarhouses from this county currently participating in the 2011 Maple
Taste & Tour.
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steam
engine powered vacuum pump and steam radiators for heat in addition
to our original 3 x 12 waterloo wood fired evaporator. The operation
is supplied by about 700 taps mostly on vacuum as well as our road
side buckets. So listen for the steam whistle and bring your boots
for an interesting journey to our beautiful “Cabin by the Creek”, a
timber frame cabin nestled along picturesque Conneaut Creek on a
hillside of sugar maples and hardwood trees. Pure maple syrup, maple
cream and maple candy will be available to taste as well as for
sale.
ties
on the grounds for your convenience.
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Maple
Lane Maple Farm has been producing maple syrup since 1944. Over the
years a lot has changed, but the finished product is still the same.
Presently we have 850 taps with 1/2 on tubing and 1/2 buckets. Sap
is gathered with tractors and is boiled on a wood fired 3 1/2 x 10
evaporator with a steamaway.
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