Smoked Coho in Birch Syrup

After a long winter, the herring spawn is what signals that spring has finally arrived on Prince of Wales Island; but for our northerly neighbors on the Kenai Peninsula, the flow of birch sap is nature's alarm.  When the idea came to us to find a pairing for our beloved Smoked Coho, we knew not just any old flavor would be able to tango with the sea-and-smoke profile inside this iconic can. So we turned to none other than Homer's own Bridge Creek Birch Syrup for a late-run batch of this year's harvest. And don’t be turned off by the word “syrup” — if maple were a can of coca cola, birch would be a glass of malbec.