These are a few of the syrup samples from the crop we produced this year. Each sample represents a 55 gallon drum of Pure Vermont Maple Syrup. A 55 gallon drum of syrup weights 605 pounds of syrup and the drum weights about 60 pounds, therefore each drum full weights approximately 665 pounds. You can see the difference in color of the different parts of the season in these samples. The different colors represent different grades of maple syrup. As you can see the vast majority of the syrup produced is a very light color or what is called Vermont fancy grade. Each year The Green Mountain Maple Sugar Refining Company makes the majority of the annual maple harvest in the fancy grade category. There are some very important reasons for this as our process here is quite different than any other. We have designed and built all of the equipment here ourselves and started from the bottom up. We are able to make the finest quality, finest flavored, Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, using the least amount of energy. Please click on the grades leaf on the homepage for a further explanation of the Pure Vermont Maple Syrup Grades.
