Joyce Miller and Travis started producing hickory syrup as an experiment . They scrub the bark clean , roast it over an open flame and then boil it with turbinado sugar to form a syrup . Hickory syrup is similar to maple syrup , but it 's smokier and less sweet in taste . In syrup a year , Falling Bark Farm went from selling 48 bottles of three years to 48 .
Joyce Miller and Travis started producing hickory syrup as an experiment . Hickory syrup is similar to maple syrup , but it 's smokier and less sweet in taste . In syrup a year , Falling Bark Farm went from selling 48 bottles of three years to 48 .