8 oz
Pure Maple Syrup
Vemont, USA

Howie and Stephan founded Deep Mountain in the 80s when they were living in Glover, Howie was a member of Bread and Puppet Theater. They started collecting maple from other persons trees, going from tree to tree, up and down the mountain with snowshoes, collecting the sap from individual buckets. Over time they bought some land with some trees themselves and their business developed, first with buckets and horses, then with tractors and buckets and now with tubing. We met them through our friend Jonathan who, when he moved to Vermont for last summer, swore off wheat and sugar but was allowing himself free access to maple. He actually had told me about Howie and Stef for years as they sell maple at the farmers market on Saturdays in New York. When we arrived to his place we tried their maple from his 1 gallon jug and were immediately into it. We set out to meet them and visited their home and forest. Right now their collection method consists of tubing that runs from tree to tree leading to the sap house and at peak times supplies the boiler with 300 - 400 gallons an hour. That's peak. Howie explained to us how although they have more sap than they used to they continue to produce it with the same type of boiler they always have, wood fired. I asked him why and it was simple, for the flavor and the quality, it's what they want and what they believe in. The amber grade is not considered their "finest" grade but after taste tests it is what I like: earthy, dark and delicious. If you like a really deep taste in your maple go with their dark amber which we also stock.