Pure Birch Syrup from Alaska Wild Harvest

Birch syrup is made from harvesting and evaporating the sap of the birch tree to syrup in a three-week spring harvest. It is a similar process to maple but requires over 100 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, whereas maple averages 40:1. Birch syrup is quite rare as production is difficult and very limited–less than 3,000 gallons are produced worldwide, most of them right here in Alaska. Alaska Wild Harvest produces between 600-1300 gallons of our Kahiltna Gold each spring. Birch syrup has a unique, spicy-sweet flavor that is delicious alone and complements many foods. 2023 syrup is now available!

Through the 2019 harvest, Kahiltna Gold pure birch syrup and birch breakfast syrup were certified organic by Washington State Department of Agriculture.  Sadly WSDA pulled out of Alaska in early 2020 and the difficult decision was made not to pursue certification with another entity. Nothing has changed in the harvest or process - the syrup is wild harvested and as organic as the boreal forest. Alaska Wild Harvest follows the birch syrup best practices and production standards developed by the Alaska Birch Syrupmakers’ Association, founded in 1993.

EARLY RUN (previously called First Run) is produced within the first week of the annual spring harvest. Except for the Reserve, it is the lightest and sweetest of the season. Its flavor, sweetness, and color vary from year to year like fine wine, and depends very much on when the sap run begins and the weather at the time of harvest. It is our favorite drizzled over vanilla ice cream, hot cereal, and on our sourdough pancakes. Deeply sweet and velvety.