While many sugarhouses were putting in their first taps, we finished our first batch today! 30 8oz bottles of USDA Grade A Light Amber, or for the old timers, Vermont Fancy. Delicious and with a more subtle flavor than the Grade A Dark or even Grade B that often sells in stores, Light Amber typically comes at the beginning of the season and was prized by the early producers in North America as a substitute for Caribbean sugar, on which there was a substantial tax. Today, though, most people don't know that there are different grades of maple syrup.
If you get a chance, head out on March 22nd to a sugarhouse for Maine Maple Sunday to get a first-hand taste of this year's syrup.
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