Looking for tasty maple syrup. Suggestions?

[Ns1]

Vermont the best? I hear grade B is better than grade A? Any suggested retail sites?

Need something to top these glorious macadamia nut pancakes from cost+

The key thing about maple sugar is to look for Grade B. The grading process comes from the days when maple syrup was used instead of sugar, so bland maple syrup got the highest grading, as it was closest to cane sugar in taste. If you want a rich but even (as opposed to fake and imbalanced) maple flavor, you look for Grade B, which may be virtually impossible to find outside of syrup country.

I have been using grade A dark amber maple syrup for years. I recently finally found a bottle of Grade B at whole earth foods. About 7+ for 12 ozs. I did a side by side taste test with grade A. Grade B definitely has more flavor and seems to be a little thinner. I put some of both in a small tin and put them in a sauce pan with a little water to heat them up. I generally use maple syrup for pancakes at room temp. I suspect that a syrup for pancakes should be warm or hot. The grade B won out in this warm hot test. It is hard to describe it except to say that it is definitely less refined. Perhaps that is why it doesn't sell like Grade A.

Anybody ever buy these places?

http://www.christiesmaplefarm.com/
http://www.maplesugarhouse.com/


Maple Syrup Grades

 

[Canai]

Fuck Vermont. Buy real Wisconsin maple syrup.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Canai
Fuck Vermont. Buy real Wisconsin maple syrup.

Text?

 

[IronWing]

This Cheesehead has to admit that Wisconsin maple syrup tastes like what I imagine boiled cow piss would taste like.

 

[Jadow]

uh, I regard Maple Syrup as a commodity. get aunt jemima or whatever is cheapest.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: ironwing
This Cheesehead has to admit that Wisconsin maple syrup tastes like what I imagine boiled cow piss would taste like.

not the kind I get

I'm trying to remember the brand, but I cannot. I shall never give up!

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Jadow
uh, I regard Maple Syrup as a commodity. get aunt jemima or whatever is cheapest.

I would rather try my luck with teh boiled cow piss above.

Seriously, if you're getting AJ's why fucking bother.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

The only difference between grades is the color. 'B' is darker than 'A'

Da Chef has spoken. So, let it be written. So, let it be done.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
The only difference between grades is the color. 'B' is darker than 'A'

Da Chef has spoken. So, let it be written. So, let it be done.

so how about da chef give up da names of da bomb ass maple syrup

 

[Canai]

http://www.wisconsinmaplesyrup.com/orders.htm is good, but not the kind I have right now

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Maple syrup is a seasonal product and varies with the weather and when it was harvested. You CAN tell differences when sampled side by side but, aside from bragging rights, changes in weather, and when it was harvested, the same company will distribute different tasting syrup every year.

Bottom line is find one you like and stick with it till the next season starts.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

aunt jemima isn't maple syrup, it's called pancake syrup. which means it didn't come from a damn maple tree - it's synthetic garbage.

grade a light, medium and dark are exactly what the label says. grade a light is the thinnest, lightest color and taste, and most expensive. grade a dark is a more full-bodied syrup. the guiness of syrup (my personal choice) is grade b. very heavy and dark, very sweet, but offering a more complex taste. and it's the cheapest

i usually get my syrup from trader joe's. big supermarkets are now carrying quality syrups, but the selection is limited and the prices are crazy.


looky here!
http://www.vermontmaple.org/index.html

 

[FoBoT]

i work with a guy whose family makes their own
it is pretty awesome

 

[Boo Boo]

vermont is the best grade A is just that the best

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: ironwing
This Cheesehead has to admit that Wisconsin maple syrup tastes like what I imagine boiled cow piss would taste like.

We also use real Wisconsin maple syrup. Well, my wife does anyway. I use the cheap stuff we get from Sams. Good ol' Mrs Butterworth. heh.

Wisconsin's state tree is the Sugar Maple for crying out loud.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org...g/trees/maplesyrup.htm