About Us
Simply Maple began in 2001 as a state of the art oil-fired sugaring operation set up by Dale Gilman, a sugarmaker with a forestry degree.
Dale's vision is to maintain a healthy stand of sugar maple trees while producing the highest quality Vermont maple syrup.
After the sugar woods were harvested in 2018, according to the forestry management plan, Dale used 3/16" tubing on a slope to create natural vacuum. In 2022, he decided to scale back volume and traded in his oil-fired evaporator for a smaller wood-fired evaporator. In 2025, we scaled back our operation even further so that we no longer sell our syrup online.
