I make syrup in Pierce county, WI, where I am from. Every year I drive a small load of syrup back to the west coast for sale to my neighbors, friends, etc. This year i am hoping to increase the amount of volume that i am hauling, and I am looking for some folks to buy syrup from. I would like to find 3-5 small scale (say less than 2000 taps) producers who are using lead-free equipment, cooking with wood, and not using vacuum or reverse osmosis. I know that syrup made in other ways is also great, but wood-fired is what I'm looking for. Mainly what I am looking for is darker grades of syrup, and in bulk containers. I hope to continue to increase in volume for a couple of years, but in the next few years I plan to be buying somewhere between 300 and 1000 gallons per year. I am willing to pay better than the going bulk rate for syrup of this quality, provided I can visit your operation and see it for myself. i think that folks out west will be willing to pay well for really good syrup, and if that is the case i can afford to pay better than bulk rates to producers who make what I am looking for. I make two trips to WI every year, and I will be in the area this November. if this is of interest to you, I would love to meet at that time and discuss the matter further. feel free to contact me on mapletrader or else e-mail, my address is motownbrowne@gmail.com
Thanks,
Ryan Browne