Birch syrup

We created this recipe for birch syrup ice cream after discovering the syrup on a trip to Alaska. Similar to maple syrup, it is sweet and tangy with a distinct earthy flavor.

Make Birch syrup from your homestead birch trees. You don't need maple trees to make delicious and healthy syrup. Birch trees, alder, hickory, walnut, beechnut, and box elders can all be tapped for their sap in early spring. Here's what you need to know for success.

Foraging with Kids: Discover how to turn freshly harvested Birch Sap into an amazingly flavoursome natural syrup.

A precious nectar from the North Woods, birch syrup is maple's woodsy cousin. Learn how chefs use it in the kitchen and how to enjoy it.

How I'm Making Birch Syrup in my Crock Pot-You CAN make small batches of Birch Syrup at home in your crock pot. via @LttlHouseBigAK

Video: Swede Jonna Jinton gathering and enjoying some fresh birch sap. Birch has played an important role for self-reliant folks throughout the millennia.

Birch Leaf Cocktail

Want to top your pancakes with something other than maple? The alternatives vary, depending on the types of trees in a region. There's Kahiltna birch syrup made in Alaska, blue spruce pine syrup from Utah and Georgian black walnut syrup.

This Birch Syrup BBQ Marinade is perfect for BBQ season or even for marinating and grilling food indoors when the weather takes a last-minute turn for the worst.

A unique flavour packed medley drawn from Ontario’s majestic birch trees Birch syrup is a rare treat. Unlike maple syrup, which requires 40 litres of sap to produce 1 litre of syrup, birch requires 85-150 litres of sap. A Taste Unlike Any Other Birch Syrup’s fabulous taste is quite unique. It is semi-sweet and described …