Skinny Sticks' Maple Syrup delivers sweetness beyond Wisconsin
Steam flows like a river of white puffy clouds from a sugar shack on a dirt road in rural Marathon County. Inside, Mitch Hoyt wheels up to a sleek stainless steel cooker reminiscent of an old steam train engine. It's making nearly as much noise. Hoyt checks a gauge as golden brown sugar laden liquid gushes from the cooker's spigot into a holding tank. Satisfied with the readings, Hoyt dips a thin cylindrical cup in a pool of maple syrup in a holding tank. He tests the density. There's a science to Hoyt's art, but a taste test is the only test one needs in order to confirm Hoyt's syrup mak...
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