Fosters Maple Ridge Products LLC

Fosters Maple Ridge Products LLC Fosters Maple Ridge Products is a commercial maple syrup operation in the woods of northern Wisconsin.

Keaton Foster is the owner and operator, a 13 year veteran of the maple syrup industry. When not making pure all natural maple syrup, Keaton attends Michigan State University where he is a senior majoring in Food Industry Management. Maple Ridge Products is a licensed and developing maple syrup business. Growing from a traditional bucket operation tapping 700 trees to an ultra modern, high vacuum

system capable of handling 10,000 taps. Utilizing state of the art stainless steel tanks, tubing and reverse osmosis, Maple Ridge meets the new standards as set forth by the food industry. While we still hang a few buckets, we specialize in high volume production from a sustainably managed sugarbush located on 580 private acres. We only tap a portion of our maple trees, the remainder being managed for the future.

06/26/2014

Things have been kind of quiet since the last batch of syrup was produced in late April. Almost all Wisconsin syrup was bulk sold in drums to a packer and exporter in New Hampshire. The Michigan syrup was packed by us for family and friend distribution. The seasons in both Wisconsin and Michigan were about average for production, mostly amber and dark amber syrup.

We have begun laying out and setting up tubing for an additional 3,500 taps in our Wisconsin sugarbush. Additionally, we are improving about 1.5 miles of gravel road to allow sugarbush access. Will report more as construction progresses over the summer months.

Syrup coming out of the evaporator.
04/06/2014

Syrup coming out of the evaporator.

Once the syrup comes out of the evaporator, it is instantly filtered through this press and put into the 30 gallon drum...
04/06/2014

Once the syrup comes out of the evaporator, it is instantly filtered through this press and put into the 30 gallon drums.

Our sap in Wisconsin is transported to this sugar house to be boiled and put into 30 gallon drums. The evaporator makes ...
04/06/2014

Our sap in Wisconsin is transported to this sugar house to be boiled and put into 30 gallon drums. The evaporator makes 30 gallons of pure maple syrup per hour.

The door of the leader evaporator after 10 hours of boiling.
04/06/2014

The door of the leader evaporator after 10 hours of boiling.

The sap is flowing in Wisconsin. This is a picture of the sap being pumped into a storage tank directly from the trees. ...
04/02/2014

The sap is flowing in Wisconsin. This is a picture of the sap being pumped into a storage tank directly from the trees. Today will yield around 2,500 gallons of sap.

Katie dumping sap.
03/29/2014

Katie dumping sap.

Keaton on tractor. Cory and Drew in the trailer.
03/28/2014

Keaton on tractor. Cory and Drew in the trailer.

The sap is flowing in Wisconsin, here the vacuum is pulling sap from main lines to the storage tanks.
03/28/2014

The sap is flowing in Wisconsin, here the vacuum is pulling sap from main lines to the storage tanks.

Good day for sap here in MI, the buckets were flowing over.
03/28/2014

Good day for sap here in MI, the buckets were flowing over.

The snow in Wisconsin just won't quit.
03/27/2014

The snow in Wisconsin just won't quit.

The crew has begun tapping the Maple Ridge operation in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Snowshoes are the only way to navigate t...
03/25/2014

The crew has begun tapping the Maple Ridge operation in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Snowshoes are the only way to navigate the woods after this winter. When they are finished tapping, there will be 2,400 taps on the grid for this year.

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Rhinelander, WI
54501

Telephone

+17158922727

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