About Us
2024 season & syrup is here
Superior Sugarbush is a small family operation located in Keweenaw County of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which makes it one of the most northerly maple syrup producers in the state.
What is maple syrup?
Maple syrup, in its essence, is sap from maple trees that is boiled down to remove most of the water. On average, 40 gallons of sap yield one gallon of syrup. This means we need to boil off 39 gallons of water! That takes a lot of wood!
Both sugar maple and red maple trees produce the same type of sugar, but as the name suggests, sugar maples are a lot more efficient at it. For sugar maples, the sap averages between 2-3% in sugar content, whole red maples are between 1.5-2% (finished syrup is ~67%). We tap both sugar and red maples, but much prefer the sugar maple variety.
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