{"title":"Maple Syrup","description":"\u003cp\u003eReal maple syrup is tapped sap from maple trees, boiled down slowly until it's thick and deep amber, worlds away from the corn-syrup-and-flavouring bottles sold as \"maple\" on a supermarket shelf right next to the real thing, unlabelled as the imitation it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's built for pancakes and waffles first, but it earns its keep well beyond breakfast: glazing bacon or ham, finishing a smoked pork shoulder, or going into a bourbon-forward cocktail where real maple flavour actually matters and cheap syrup falls flat on its face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe style worth seeking out is barrel-aged: genuine Vermont-sourced syrup rested in bourbon barrels after tapping rather than bottled straight off the boil and shipped out, picking up whiskey and vanilla notes a plain syrup never sees. Vermont remains one of the handful of regions where proper maple syrup has always actually come from, tapped the traditional way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis shelf runs thin right now, genuine barrel-aged maple is a specialist import rather than a supermarket commodity, and we'd rather leave the space honest than pad it out with syrup that isn't the real thing. Real maple, or nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore more: our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/honey\"\u003ehoney\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/dessert\"\u003edessert\u003c\/a\u003e collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/8568\/2986\/collections\/rubhub-attribute-medallion-type_maple_syrup.png?v=1787185636","url":"https:\/\/www.therubhub.com.au\/collections\/maple-syrup.oembed","provider":"THE RUB HUB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}