Maple Syrups - Cocktail Ingredient - Tiki Drinks and Food

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2564	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Wed, Jul 18, 2018 6:18 AM The Grade B has a MUCH stronger maple taste. Some cocktail recipes do differentiate between grades and go out of their way to specify "Grade B," therefore I thought it worth discussing here on TC. I have both grades in my home bar, but only keep relatively small quantities on hand because it's not a very common ingredient and one that pretty much only I myself experiment with. The Total Tiki drinks app shows that the ingredient is specified in 6 recipes. It goes on to give an example of maple syrup and -- surprise -- it is "Deep Mountain Grade B Maple Syrup." So it seems to me that there is plenty of room for confusion when a recipe specifies maple syrup. I have personally used Grade A (regular) when a recipe simply calls for maple syrup and Grade B (dark/robust) when a recipe specifies "Grade B." But I think it's kind of a crap shoot - you can never tell how diligent the originator of the drink was when he wrote the recipe, or how much maple flavor he intended to have in the drink. This is where our cocktail skills and understanding of "balance" in a drink comes in. But even all that goes out the window if the originator of the drink wanted maple flavor to really punch through but didn't make that clear in his maple syrup specification. Many of our recipes are from many years ago when Grade A / Grade B classifications were in use, so I think this discussion is helpful. Cheers! Description/definition in the Total Tiki app: "I'm party trained!"

The Grade B has a MUCH stronger maple taste. Some cocktail recipes do differentiate between grades and go out of their way to specify "Grade B," therefore I thought it worth discussing here on TC. I have both grades in my home bar, but only keep relatively small quantities on hand because it's not a very common ingredient and one that pretty much only I myself experiment with.

The Total Tiki drinks app shows that the ingredient is specified in 6 recipes. It goes on to give an example of maple syrup and -- surprise -- it is "Deep Mountain Grade B Maple Syrup." So it seems to me that there is plenty of room for confusion when a recipe specifies maple syrup. I have personally used Grade A (regular) when a recipe simply calls for maple syrup and Grade B (dark/robust) when a recipe specifies "Grade B." But I think it's kind of a crap shoot - you can never tell how diligent the originator of the drink was when he wrote the recipe, or how much maple flavor he intended to have in the drink. This is where our cocktail skills and understanding of "balance" in a drink comes in. But even all that goes out the window if the originator of the drink wanted maple flavor to really punch through but didn't make that clear in his maple syrup specification.

Many of our recipes are from many years ago when Grade A / Grade B classifications were in use, so I think this discussion is helpful. Cheers!

Description/definition in the Total Tiki app:

"I'm party trained!"

Post #788573 by AceExplorer on Wed, Jul 18, 2018 6:18 AM