Maine Maple Sugar Weekend

This weekend up here in hee-haw-hell we have the Maine Maple Sugar Weekend. This weekend is where all the maple sugar farms open their gates to all you city slickers in your new L.L. Bean Plaid and New York license plates and come pet the sheep, lamas and feed the goats and see how maple sugar is made. Make no mistake about it just like we do in the fall when the "leaf peepers" come out to see all the pretty colors of the dead leaves anyone from Maine or NH driving behind you is cursing you out for f-ing up our traffic. Not to worry though we will always take your money no matter how rude you are even if you are wearing a Yankees hat.

All this aside this is a great time to have with the family and learn all about the maple sugar industry. I figure it might be a good idea to play along with the chamber of commerce and have a few maple ideas tossed into the mix. Cheers!


Maple Martini
Swirl a martini glass with maple syrup
2 oz. Vodka or Gin
1.5 Tablespoons of Maple syrup
Splash of Soda

Kicking Cow
Serve over ice
1 Tablespoon of Maple Syrup
1 oz. - Cream
2 oz. - Whiskey

Ice Cream Hogarth
2 oz. - Bailey's
1/2 cup - Vanilla Ice Cream
3 Tablespoons of Maple Syrup
Run all ingredients through the blender and serve

Maple Leaf
Serve over Ice
2 oz. - Burbon Whiskey
1.2 oz. - Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon of Maple Syrup

Sweet Jesus
1 oz. - Amaretto
1 oz. - Malibu Rum
1 oz. - Southern Comfort
1 oz. - Vodka
1 oz. - Milk
1 Tablespoon of Maple Syrup