From Our Blog
Maple School: The Early History of Maple Syrup
The early history of maple syrup unfolded right here in North America! Among other crops, Native North Americans first...
Apple Cider Syrup: The Other American Syrup
Here at the Vermont Evaporator Company, we're a bit obsessed with all things syrup. We're focused most of the year on...
From Polish Forests to Your Table: Birch Syrup with Bartosz Belina-Prażmowsk
An Email from Poland Last winter, an email from Poland hit the inbox. Would we please handle the export of a Bucket RO...
Maple School: Why Does Sap Run? Science!
Maple sap runs in the late winter or early spring time, when the nights are freezing and the days are warm. But what...
DIY Maple Syrup: All About Sugar Wood
It's a perfect fall day in New England. Time for us to put in fuel for next spring's DIY maple syrup making...
Maple School: Maple Syrup Story Hour
Children’s literature on maple syrup making is prolific, varied, and fun. We highly recommend these six titles for a...
Planting Maples for Posterity
Here in sugar country, it is not uncommon to find oneself travelling down a country lane in the dappled shadows cast...
Maple School: The Math of Tapping a Maple Tree
Welcome to Maple School, our series on things you can learn through maple syrup. Today: The Math of Tapping a Maple...
Time to Identify Your Maple Trees!
Fall is just about here again. Time to escape into the woods. The leaves have started to turn, the air is crisp, and...
Cooper’s Daughter Spirits and Black Walnut Syrup
A number of years ago, we acquired a very interesting customer: Cooper's Daughter Spirits, a distillery and cooperage...
Maple at Main Street Middle School
For four years now, Vermont Evaporator Company has been helping teachers and kids make maple syrup at Main Street...
The Sticky: A Grade A Dark Robust Dramedy
The Sticky is Loosely Based on the Great Canadian Maple Heist It's just been hot. Too hot. So, the other day, we took...
Isn’t all Maple Syrup Organic?
Pesticides and herbicides are not commonly used in maple syrup production. Does that mean that all maple syrup is...
What is “Bird-Friendly” Maple?
Audubon Vermont, the State of Vermont, and Vermont Maple Sugar Makers have teamed up to make Vermont’s working forests...
Six Notorious Pests of Maple
What could be a better warm-weather, maple-related blogpost than the bug-villains of the sugarbush? We’re talking...
Maple Syrup History by Maxime Caouette
Maple history fans! A new book has been published that may interest you: Maple Syrup History: Fun Facts – Production...
Maple on the Hiking Trail
We went hiking this summer on the Appalachian Trail, and we brought our homemade maple syrup with us! Both maple syrup...
Handmade in Vermont – Sourced in Sugar Country
The Sapling is handmade in Vermont from things sourced in maple-producing states! Fall isn’t just the season...
Homemade Maple Syrup Peaches
Peaches canned in homemade maple syrup: a north-south, east-west delicacy. Our peach tree nearly toppled over with the...
Wood-Fired Beer: Brewing up the Sapling Summer Kolsch
Wood-fired beer. It’s a thing! And we made a quick and easy Sapling Summer Kolsch to prove it! Sapling Summer Kolsch:...