Ashfield, Massachusetts: First Maple Syrup in Outer Space
Two small containers of maple syrup that flew into space on the Space Shuttle Discovery. Now they stand next to a cash register.
Gray's Sugarhouse
- Address:
- 38 Barnes Rd, Ashfield, MA
- Directions:
- Gray's Sugarhouse. From Hwy 112, take Main St./Hwy 116 east one mile. Turn north onto Baptist Corner Rd for 1.5 miles, then left onto Barnes Rd. Follow the signs. Also listed in Shelburne Falls.
- Hours:
- Daily 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 413-625-6559
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The Space Syrup may not be on public display much longer. Gray's Sugarhouse in Ashfield, Massachusetts, home of the First Maple Syrup in Outer Space , is closing at the end of the sugar season this year after 41 years in business. The Gray family will continue to produce maple syrup and maple products. When I asked Lyle Gray, son of family patriarch Willie Gray, he said that the Space Syrup would remain untouched as a souvenir of the space shuttle Discovery. Right now it's in a little vitrine by the cash register, complete with a Discovery patch.
[L.J. Evans, 03/05/2002]Gray's Sugarhouse has two small containers of maple syrup that were taken up by local astronaut Dan Barry during a space shuttle flight. They're behind the counter at the cash register. As far anyone knows, this is the first maple syrup to go into space.
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Gray's Sugarhouse restaurant closed in 2003, but the Sugarhouse itself remains open and selling maple products. We hope that the Space Syrup is still by the cash register....