I Hereby Declare the 2013 Pre-Sale Closed

Pre-Orders for the 2013 Season are now closed, as of March 1st. We had an amazing last minute flurry of orders today, and want to thank everyone who helps support my love of sitting on a cold chair and watching water boil into the wee hours for a month each year. If it weren’t for you all, I’d have no choice but to have to consume all this syrup myself.

If you’re still interested in syrup from us, contact us. We’ll let you know if we run a surplus at the end of the season.

-Pat.

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The Fourth Annual Maple Syrup Pre-Sale. Let’s Get It Ooooon.

 

(UPDATE 2/28/12 : Pre-Orders are now closed for the 2013 Season. Thank you to everyone for your support!)

We wanted to get a big-name celebrity to do a voice-over for this year’s announcement, but as it turns out that costs a LOT of money. So we went for the next best, and frankly, cheapest option: you are now reading this in Morgan Freeman’s voice.

Welcome to Occasional Creek Maple’s 2013 season, and year #4 of offering our friends and supporters the chance to satisfy their maple cravings. As in years past, we’re giving you the opportunity to purchase our maple syrup before we start boiling. You get your syrup at a reduced price, and you get to purchase in volumes that we don’t offer during the regular season (half-gallons, quarts, and half pints). In exchange, we get the operating capital we need to get the season started properly. It’s like were selling futures. We’re doing it like Wall Street, but without being big jerks.

Bring on the details:

• Pre-Order prices for 2013  are as follows:
  • 1/2 Gallon – $33
  • Quart – $17
  • Pint – $9
  • 1/2 Pint – $5
• Send an email to occasionalcreekmaple@gmail.com and let us know how many jugs you would like, and what sizes.
• We will send you an invoice for your order total through PayPal. This is the preferred method of payment for pre-orders. (You can make a payment with a credit or debit card on PayPal without having to sign up for an account.)
• We will totally take cash or checks.  If you choose this option over PayPal, please include that info in your original email. Keep in mind: we need to receive that payment before we begin boiling in order to hold your order.
• If you know us well enough that you see us occasionally in the wild, we can both take orders and accept cash/checks in person, and Patrick can now process a payment via mobile app. He’s quite giddy about it.
• Your syrup will be available for pickup at the sugar shack approximately two weeks after we begin boiling. We will contact you to let you know when we’ve bottled our first round.
• If you live too far away to pick up your order, we can mail it to you. Send us your mailing address in your original email so we can calculate the least expensive shipping cost to add to your invoice. We’ll ship it as soon as it’s produced and bottled.
• You are guaranteed to get the syrup you paid for. We are only pre-selling a conservative portion of what we expect to produce, so even if the season is a small one, we will still make enough to cover your order. In the event of a catastrophe that prevents us from making any syrup, we will refund your money.
• Pre-ordering will end on March 1st, or when we sell through the volume we’ve set aside for pre-orders.

Last year’s season started a good 3 weeks earlier than the year before. We have no idea what this season is going to do. In the past we’ve closed pre-orders when we started boiling, trumping the March 1st deadline. We will stick to the March 1st cutoff this year, but once we have sold through the volume we put up for pre-sales, that will be it no matter what the date is. As always, order early to guarantee that you get the syrup you want.

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Boiling Schedule

Check here to see when we’re boiling. We also post updates to the Facebook page and Twitter. (Check the Twitter feed to your right —>)

Saturday, March 26th, 2011:

Boiling today from 10-5. Grab your Massachusetts Maple Month Passport and stop in for a visit. Don’t have one yet? We’ve got one for ya!

We have pints for sale! $11 apiece. Check or exact cash please. (Sorry! No time to make a bank run for change this morning!)

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