Folsom’s Sugar House

Meet Brian and Sue Folsom

Who we are: In the late ’80s, friends of ours who ran a dairy farm in Chester asked us if we had maple trees because they decided to give sugaring a try. We did and tapped our trees, brought our sap to them for boiling and got some pure maple syrup at the end of the season as a thank you. But the next year, they didn’t do it, so we borrowed the equipment and did it ourselves. That sent us down the path to being totally hooked on maple sugaring, and soon after we built our own sugar house and got our own equipment.

We opened to the public in the spring of 1991. This year marks our 30th anniversary, and in 2006 we were awarded our New Hampshire Farm of Distinction Award from the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture. We are also a certified Seal of Quality participant through the New Hampshire Dept of Agriculture as well as a member of NH Made.

What we offer: While we make great syrup, we are best known for our maple cream and maple candy. We have an avid following of customers not only in New Hampshire but all over the country. We also make maple sugar, maple bricks and maple taffy, not often found at many sugar houses. We have an assorted complement of maple specialty products for our customers to try out.

Where to get it: We encourage people to support us and others and buy local. We have hours throughout the year for in-person purchases, Maple to Go for contact-free purchases, and we can ship products to family and friends. Weekly updates of hours can be found on our website (folsomsugarhouse.com) or on Facebook.

— Rob Levey

Photo Credit: Courtesy photo.