Best 5 Maple Syrups

Comment from SUSAN BARNES on March 7, 2008

I love maple syrup. I would love to try your winners products, but I support our local maple producers here in The Berkshires--particularly Berkshire Harvest in Lanesboro, MA. (berkshireharvest.com). I am currently enjoying their grade A light amber--a half gallon jug. I love the decorative bottles they use. They also have expanded over the years and have a store stocked with some great items. The location is great also-at the base of Mount Greylock--the highest point in Massachusetts.

Comment from Laurinda Gallant on March 14, 2008

I am a fan of Parker's Maple Barn in Mason, NH. It has the best dark amber around!

Comment from Mark Blake on April 2, 2008

It would have been nice to know what grades of syrup were tasted. Surprising that not one VT one was selected!?!? Must not have had any true New Englanders on the panel! Seems the majority of people today prefer the darker grade B (table syrup), while the old time VT/NH/ME natives favor the best-of-the-best Grade A Light Fancy (As I do), which has a more delicate maple flavor, terrific over vanilla ice cream and with home-made (from scratch!!) pancakes, etc. Anyway, there truly isn't any "bad" maple syrup, just subtleties to discover as folks educate their palate! Enjoy!

Comment from kimberly gammon on April 11, 2008

I just bought a galloon from Putnams Sugar House.. i know it won't last long! I use it as a base for a sauce for my bacon wrapped scallops..

Comment from Robert Houston on June 23, 2008

Have you caused Wychwood Farm to evaporate? 648-6691 is a fax line and 648-6477 is out of service every time I call.

Comment from Elizabeth Ulnits on March 22, 2009

Why is New England Maple Syrup so so so very expensive - Even when my husband was alive 6 years ago and we toured Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island every year - it was still too much to spend on a small jug???????

Comment from Marsha Cade on July 1, 2009

We searched for the best maple syrup for our website, RegionalBest.com, featuring regional foods produced by artisans and other small producers from across the country. Our favorite is from Vermont's Green Mountain Sugar House. They offer four grades of syrup plus fabulous maple cream. You can check them out here: http://greenmountainsugarhouse.regionalbest.com/ or http://www.regionalbest.com

Comment from Don Amiralian on March 4, 2011

Try Dr Remick\'s farm in Tamworth, NH. You won\'regret it!

Comment from Carla Lapierre on March 17, 2011

Have you tried Mt. Cabot Maple? Made north of the Granite Curtain, certified organic. Lovely!!

Comment from Mary Anne Broshek on March 17, 2011

Wynchwood Farm is having an open house on Saturday, from 9-5.

Comment from Lorraine Cline on March 17, 2011

Yes, Wychwood Farm, in Andover, NH, is alive and well. We have a new sugarhouse and the sap is running! We will have an open house this Saturday from 9-5 with refreshments, gathering and boiling. Syrup, honey and lavender will be available. The public is most welcome! Our phone number is 603-496-2783. Fax: 603-648-6691

Comment from Joy Winston on March 17, 2011

Where/What is the Granite Curtain? I live in the Seacoast area in Durham. I enjoyed reading the articles and the recipes.

Comment from Karen Farrington on March 18, 2011

We try to always support our local farmers in Granville, MA. Our maple syrup is always bought from Maple Corner Farm. Leon & Joyce are Granville natives

Comment from David Sacenti on March 20, 2011

My favorite spot for over forty years is and always will be Gould\'s Sugar House on the Mohawk Trail in Shelburne Falls, MA. Wether its Spring, Summer or Fall it\'s a great place to visit and sample their product for a bite to eat for breakfast or lunch. I like the Amber Grade B the best. It has a great true flavor on pancakes but is best when used in baking, like when I make my Old Fashioned Vermont Apple Pies and my Sour Cream Pumpkin or Butternut Squash Pies. It\'s also out of this world with some butter and a dash of nutmeg on mashed sweet potatoes or butternut squash too.

Comment from Jane LeBlanc on March 23, 2011

Do you guys ever visit Maine?

Comment from Margie Orr on March 25, 2011

Wonderful \"Yankee Classic\" story by Edie Clark. Interesting to read about the harvesting of maple syrup. Thanks, Edie, for another great story.

Comment from Carla Lapierre on March 27, 2011

The Granite Curtain is the Presidential Range which separates the northern reaches of New Hampshire from the south. No you won\'t fall off the edge of the world when you pass the Mt. Washington Auto Road, but you do enter a different way of living.

Comment from Robert Kelm on April 25, 2011

This Californian (born&raised in MA) adores maple syrup and I\'ve tasted it from all over. The absolute best came by chance, some years ago, when I stopped at a house by the road in Jeffersonville, VT. There Mrs Connie Edwards was selling some jugs of her son\'s \"Edwards Family Sugar House\" maple syrup. She gave me directions to a local covered bridge her grandfather helped to build, and an old mill nearby. I left with a couple of jugs of their Grade-A Dark Amber. It\'s incomparable, with a lurking almost-acidic tang that tempers the intense sweetness. The flavor is unique and marvelous. I\'ve been back since and always carry away some for me and some for friends. I\'ve never had anything like it. Their grove should be a national heritage.