Our Woods Maple Syrup

Our Woods Maple Syrup is a maple sugaring operation in Cold Brook, in Herkimer County. The people behind it call themselves sugarmakers, and the work is just what that sounds like: tapping trees in the woods of northern Herkimer County and boiling the sap down into pure maple syrup.

Their syrup earned a spot on the 2023 Herkimer County Local Foods Map, which points people toward food produced in the county. Pure maple syrup is one of the region’s classic farm products, and buying it from the people who tap the trees is one of the simple pleasures of life in Central New York.

What to Know

• The syrup is pure maple, made from trees tapped in northern Herkimer County.
• It appeared on the 2023 Herkimer County Local Foods Map.
• Maple sap runs in late winter and early spring, the heart of sugaring season.
• It takes roughly 40 gallons of sap to make a single gallon of syrup.