Seabrisket
Sugar House is a small family sugarhouse in Brookfield, NH with a wood fired evaporator and bucket sap collection. Rick Surrette, like many other sugar makers, likes to figure out how to do things better. He and a friend created the Maple Guru Auto Draw off device. DJ Walkey is a baker making artisan breads which 
she markets at Farmers Markets in Wolfeboro and Laconia. I am not much of a bread person but she sold me on her Harvest Bread! Together Rick and DJ do competition barbecue, hence the “Seabrisket” name.
Scott and Brandon Eldridge began sugaring in 
2016 in a pan in their driveway. This year they are celebrating in their new sugar house in Tamworth, NH. They collect with buckets and snowmobile. At this point this is a hobby operation built to enjoy time together as a family doing work that they love
On Sunday I headed up to Bridgewater Mountain Maple in Plymouth, NH. Terry Torsey met me and showed me his sugar house. Sap had not 
flowed for a few days as the temperatures had been below freezing. It was so cold that there was snow that had blown in through the open cupola on the evaporator. The Torsey Family business is Firewood – which comes in very handy with a wood fired evaporator.
On the way home I drove through Tilton and found Huckins 
Maple. Jason is boiling for the third year on his oil-fired evaporator and the fourth year in his current sugar house. He has a dedicated following. Some were concerned that the syrup would not be as good without wood but he convinced them that it could be better!
HodgePodge Maple 