Federal Grove Restaurant/Bed and Breakfast /Maple Sugar Works will hold the 2nd Annual Federal Grove Maple Syrup Festival on February 25-27 and March 4-6, 2011, in Auburn, Kentucky. At the festival, the public can view maple syrup production, including sap collection and the boiling/evaporation process, and sample the syrup at a pancake breakfast.

“This is a great opportunity for folk’s to see how maple syrup is made,” said Lee Blythe, President, Federal Grove.“The festival is also an opportunity to buy other Kentucky-made products.”

Local craft and food vendors will also be at the festival including Shaker Museum at South Union, Pelly’s Farm FreshMarket and Shaving Horse Crafts among other Kentucky Proud and Kentucky Crafted vendors.

The festival is free and open to the public. Federal Grove Restaurant will be serving a pancake breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each weekend from 8am – 2pm and lunch on Sundays from 11am – 2pm. Dinner is also available on Friday and Saturday evenings  beginning at 5pm. Tent vendor hours are Friday and Saturday from 9am – 4pm and Sunday 11am – 3pm. Free parking  is available at Federal  Grove, 475 East Main St. Auburn, KY 42206.

Maple syrup is made fro m the sap of sugar maple, red maple or black maple trees. Trees are tapped and the sap collected is heated/boiled to evaporate the water content. The end result is maple syrup. Maple syrup season is mid – January to mid –  March when temperatures are at or below freezing at night and rise to above freezing during the day.

Federal Grove Maple Syrup is a member of the Kentucky Proud program. For more information, contact Lee Blythe at (270) 847-9971.