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Best Maple Syrups | Find Out Which Five Won Our Hearts

After much taste testing, we finally found our favorite maple syrups. Find out which ones we thought were the five best maple syrups in the region. In March 2008, our panel sampled 19 bottles of maple syrup from all over New England. The names of the producers were hidden. We tend to think of Vermont when […]

By Annie Copps

Feb 21 2008

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After much taste testing, we finally found our favorite maple syrups. Find out which ones we thought were the five best maple syrups in the region.

In March 2008, our panel sampled 19 bottles of maple syrup from all over New England. The names of the producers were hidden. We tend to think of Vermont when we think of maple syrup and sugar shacks, but in the end, it was all New Hampshire producers who won our hearts and our tastebuds.

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Maple Syrup
Photo Credit : Heath Robbins

And the WINNERS are…

FIRST PLACE

MONADNOCK SUGARHOUSE
Jaffrey, 603-876-3626
“sweet, tasty, smooth”
“lightly smoky”

SECOND PLACE

WYCHWOOD FARM
Andover, 603-496-2783
“earthy and very maple syrupy”

THIRD PLACE

OLKKOLA FARM
Ossipee, 603-539-3535
olkkolafarm.com
“hearty, with notes of vanilla”

FOURTH PLACE

FULLER’S SUGARHOUSE
Lancaster, 603-788-2719
fullerssugarhouse.com
“buttery, with a true maple flavor”

FIFTH PLACE

THE MAPLE GUYS
Lyndeborough, 603-487-3292, mapleguys.com
“deep maple flavor — yum!”

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