Rutty Buck Syrup Co. (Minnesota Maple Syrup Season 2025)

[Spinaker]

As winter gradually gives way to the warmth of spring, a magical transformation begins in the forests of North America – it’s syrup season! One of my favorite times of the year. This time of year marks the start of maple sap collection, to harness the natural sugar produced by the maple tree. As temperatures fluctuate between daytime warmth and nighttime chill, the sap begins to flow, offering a sweet, golden nectar that must be collected and boiled down to transform into our beloved Rutty Buck Maple Syrup. Our families come together to celebrate this age-old tradition, indulging in the delicious flavors and rich history that syrup season brings. From tapping trees to boiling sap and crafting smoked meats, the season is a delightful reminder of nature’s bounty and the ramp up of the sugar harvest!



I hope that this year will be much more consistent than last year. We have warm temperatures and the trees are waking up. Our past two weeks have been way below zero, so it might take some time for the trees to wake up and release their sweet nectar. Sabrina and I tapped about 6 trees at the shop yesterday and then another 15 at a friend's house. This year we are going to running about 40 taps. Stay tuned through out this season for more fun in the sugar bush! We are probably going to be doing our first boil this weekend.

And......Ripley always seems to find the mud during syrup season.

[barelfly]

Alright!!!!!!!!! I love this series of goodness!!!!! Thanks for always bringing us along on the journey!!

[Spinaker]

You bet! We love it too. Just a great time of year. Ripley get insanely muddy, but that is par for the course.

[tamidw]

Awesome! Look forward to the updates.

[FireMan]

Great time of year, syrup time.
Yer dog rilly blends into the background, the new camo.

[Spinaker]

Hahaha, he wears it all spring!!!

[Steve B]

Great fun times. Looks like Sabrina is having fun and Ripley. Well dogs will be dogs. Good boy.

[HawkerXP]

Fun times in the great outdoors for all!

[RonB]

Where's my popcorn? Let the show begin!

[SheilaAnn]

I was just wondering about this, too! Timing!

[Hulagn1971]

Good times ahead!

[jfmorris]

Looking forward to watching your maple syrup adventures again this season! Thanks for keeping us "involved"!

[Spinaker]

I am always happy to bring everyone along for the ride! I am thinking about doing a weekly drawing for a bottle. I can draw a name and then send out the bottle that Monday. Stay tuned.........

[Bkhuna]

Spinaker Oh boy, another prize that I won't win.

[RonB]

Bkhuna - hey that's my line.

[Jerod Broussard]

I want a wax stamp on top of my bottle. Ya know, some top shelf crap.

[Spinaker]

yeah, I will see if I can make that work. By that, I mean, maybe.

[smokenoob]

That is so cool!
Like the camo dog too!!! 😁

[Spinaker]

hahaha, its Muskeg camo!

[FlashHokie]

Ah yes! We had a really warm day today (70) and a week ago we had snow. It reminded me of your prior year posts about the needed temperature fluctuations for the sap to flow. Looking forward to following along again!

[Draznnl]

Sitting here looking forward to the Further Adventures of John, Sabrina, Riley, and the Maple Sap. Can’t wait for the next chapter.

[Bkhuna]

Each autumn, a couple we know from Vermont leaves their maple farm right before sap season to east central Florida for the winter. Their sons and grandkids tend to the production while they set up at all the big arts and craft fairs and festivals around this part of the state. Being from the deep south we didn't grow up with maple syrup. I've grown to love getting my years worth of maple syrup each winter. A couple of years ago they had a small amount of Golden maple syrup and it became my favorite. The also have rum barrel and bourbon barrel aged dark syrups and all kinds of maple goodies.

[Spinaker]

That is awesome. Our plan is to slowly grow production over the years. At some point, I would like to build a real sugar shack and have a serious evaporator. It sounds like your friends have something similar.