Sugarbush Update: A Mid-Season Equipment Replacement
March 19, 2026
"This week we replaced our tired, old reverse osmosis machine with a shiny new one (thank you, CDL USA).
WHY are we doing this mid-season?
There isn't a way to test if your RO is up to the task until you actually have sap coming in, which we most definitely did these past few weeks, and it most definitely was not. This should bring the panic factor down to mid-level during the next big sap run. Bring it on."
And a bonus pic of our Tuesday night boil crew wrapping up a big run 🍁
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Sugarbush Update: Reaching Flow State
March 10, 2026
"It’s coming in fast (4,500 g/hr), the reverse osmosis is getting finicky, and we are about to run out of storage. People always ask why we named the company Runamok…" – video here
March 8, 2026
"It’s a rager. 3 tanks (6,500 gallons of sap each) are already full with a fourth filling at 3,000g/hr. We have a lot of boiling ahead of us." – video here
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Sugarbush Update: The Season has Begun!
March 4, 2026
The sap is finally coming in and the season is officially underway. We did our first real boil of the season (video here). Kudos to the woods crew who just wrapped up tapping last week. We are at the start of a nice long stretch of good sugaring weather. Here’s wishing all the Sugarmakers a good season.
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Sugarbush Update: Fully Tapped and Waiting
February 27, 2026
"Funny to say, but it is unusually seasonable weather we are having this year. The past few seasons were spent battling early sap runs, mid-winter thaws, and uncertainty about changing weather patterns making the sugaring season even more unpredictable than normal.
This season is the earliest we've ever started tapping. We wanted to be prepared for whatever mother nature had to throw at us. Turns out, it's a bunch of snow and a very classic Vermont winter.
The crew has spent the past two months tapping trees and digging sap lines out from under endless piles of snow. We just wrapped up install last week with 65,000 trees tapped in Cambridge and another 46,000 at our Bolton sugarbush.
Now, we wait for the first signs of spring to start trickling into the sugarhouse..."
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Sugarbush Update: Snowed In and Frozen Solid
February 24, 2026
"The team has been digging sap lines out from under deep snow in Bolton and the hills are alive with the sound of... the Bee Gees (sound on 🔊) . Disco never dies."
February 10, 2026
"Our woods crew is reporting deep snow in the upper systems. Our 6'+ crew member Chris is really up to his eyeballs out there... (let us know when you see it!)"
February 8, 2026
"We are experiencing a real winter this year: real cold (-14°) and a whole lotta snow. Our woods crew is out in it almost every day. The conditions are rugged, but they also get views like this from the top of Bone Mountain, near Bolton, Vermont."
January 29, 2026
"We are at roughly 70k tapped (2/3 done). The remaining trees are way up top of the sugar bush, with 2’ + of snow to wade through and a slick of ice underneath. Given it’s going to be-9 tonight, we’re not expecting a run anytime soon."
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Sugarbush Update: First Early Sap Run
January 14, 2026
"It’s 44 and raining; weather only a Sugarmaker could love. We are only halfway tapped but this sap is most welcome. Cheers to the start of the 2026 season." – video here
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Sugarbush Update: New Year Status Report
January 7, 2026
"The woods crew is out every day tapping trees and making good progress – we are up to 38,000 taps installed as of yesterday. We may see some temperatures above freezing this weekend."
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Sugarbush Update: Tapping In 2026 Season
December 12, 2025
"We interrupt your holiday shopping with a sugaring update!
For the second year in a row, we're kicking off our maple sugaring season in December. The crew started tapping trees Dec 01, and have gotten around 18,000 taps installed the past two weeks. These photos are from Monday (12/8) and it has been a snow globe here ever since. Will that be our last sunny day of the year? Only time will tell...
Drop your maple questions in the comments and let us know what you'd like to see this sugaring season – then follow along and we'll be catching you up on all the excitement in the sugarbush this new year." – gallery here
