49th State Brewery Christmas Market
November 24th to 26th, 2023 Getting in the holiday spirit all weekend long at the @49thstatebrewing Christmas Market
Holiday Pop Up @ Dimond Center Mall
November 15th to December 22nd, 2023 Alaska Wild Harvest is open for our holiday pop-up at the Dimond Center Mall! Come get all of your favorite Alaskan-made birch and berry products at our HOLIDAY POP UP Monday-Saturday 10-9pm & Sunday 12-7pm All of our products including gift baskets, birch syrups, gourmet jams (and of…
Passing on the Torch
33 years ago, we made our first batch of birch syrup in a small wood-fired pan on the front porch at our Kahiltna River homestead. Though it was strong and dark – and probably slightly burnt – we decided it was unusual and good. We got better at it and grew to love it. Feeling…
2022 Harvest
Sap harvest 2022 is over. We collected our last sap on May 7th. Harvest lasted a good 20 days but proved to be an unpredictable and lower production season. How can we explain? It really is a lesson in the fact that not everything can be easily explained. The sap ran erratically, starting in many…
Early Run – formerly called First run
Not to confuse the issue, we are trying to eliminate confusion on our runs of pure birch syrup. So, instead of “Reserve, FIRST run, Mid run, Late run” we are changing it to “Reserve, EARLY run, Mid run, and Late run.” Linguistically speaking it makes more sense, early run being the early part of the…
Ancestral Lands, Sustenance, and an Honorable Harvest
As 2021 draws to a close I find that I seek sustenance from the earth and the beauty of our natural world, and from the company of family and friends. It is an unsettling time, but the most important thing is to remember our shared humanity and our mutual need for sustenance and comfort. Our…
Alaska’s Wild Fruit – The Cranberry
This October we are featuring our favorite of Alaska’s wild fruits, the cranberry. Cranberries in Alaska are plentiful and varied – and so are their names! It can be downright confusing but, from our point of view, we have three distinct wild cranberry fruits in Alaska. Lowbush cranberries, or lingonberries, are often plentiful in our…
Apple Butter with A Birch Twist!
LAST WEEKEND in Talkeetna, Friday-Sunday 10-6. Grab a jar of our fall specialty very limited edition- old fashioned birch apple butter, made on Sunday from the apples and crabapples at our “roadhouse”. And of course a good dose of birch syrup to sweeten. Get it while you can and enjoy the last of the ice…
Blueberry Pancakes for Breakfast!
Skip to the Recipe Need some inspiration for breakfast? Or even breakfast for dinner? Why not whip up some delicious sourdough pancakes with blueberries on top! We like to load ours up with sliced bananas, yogurt, and chopped pecans topping it off with a drizzle of Pure Birch Syrup over the whole thing. I don’t…