Maple Sugaring Season In CT: Festivals, Tours & Pancake Breakfasts
CONNECTICUT — We are all in the thick of it now — and by that we are referring to maple sugaring season in Connecticut — so let's get tappin'.The freeze-thaw cycle of warm days and freezing nights will be ideal for maple syrup production through the end of March, according to the sugar scientists, and that means no more beating around the sugarbush. The sugarmakers at Sweet Wind Farm in Hartland have the right idea: This is their Annual Maple Festival's 19th year. Make the trip to see how pure maple syrup is made with classes, tours and live demonstrations including tree tapping and sap boiling. There'll be live music, plenty of pancakes, and admission is free. Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Ambler Farm in Wilton will be holding a Maple Sugaring Open House on Saturday, March 8. Visitors will have an opportunity to tap a tree, take the maple syrup taste test, learn about Native American, Colonial, and modern methods of making syrup and taste Ambler Farm’s very own maple syrup over vanilla ice cream. Bottles of our Ambler Farm maple syrup and merchandise will be available for sale. This event is free and open to the public, 11 a.m. to noon. No registration is required. The Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut will be holding a Pancake Breakfast and Maple Sugaring Demonstration at Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol from 8 a.m. to noon. The sugarmakers there will be teaching guests how to make maple syrup in their own backyard, albeit on a smaller scale. ELCCT’s own maple syrup and maple candy will be available for sale. Pre-registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.Or just head straight for The Big One: Family-owned Lamothe’s Sugar House in Burlington is Connecticut’s largest maple sugar house, with 5,500 taps and 26 miles of tubing to collect the sap. The sugarmakers there will be holding half-hour tours through March 30, on Saturdays and Sundays at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Guests will learn how maple syrup is made and then pick some up from the country store that also sells maple sugar, jams, honey and more. There are also rabbits…If all this tappin' and sappin' sounds like too much work, let the New Britain Museum of American Art come to your rescue. The curators there have done all the work and organized "Craft Sippin' in New Britain," and all you have to do is show up and drink from some of Connecticut’s finest craft kegs, nibble on some local food, and enjoy the NBA game on the big screen. Galleries will be open throughout, so you can catch some culture along with your hoops and hops. Saturday, March 8, at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available online here.Better yet, grab your lyre and go all in on the culture side in Norwalk, where the Music Theater of Connecticut is presenting a new version of one of the oldest and best-loved tragic romances, "Orpheus and Euridice." The innovative and tuneful re-imagining is from the mind of Ricky Ian Gordon, one of the world's greatest living opera composers. MTC is mounting two performances, at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 7, and a 2 p.m. matinée on Saturday, March 8. Tickets are available online here.The article Maple Sugaring Season In CT: Festivals, Tours & Pancake Breakfasts appeared first on Across Connecticut, CT Patch.
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