Locally Sourced Maple Syrup

Sapling

For our Sapling line, we source maple syrup from local farms who boil the syrup down in classic wood fired evaporators, as well as raw honey from a local apiary.

Sapling Maple Liqueur

Our flagship product is made with locally-sourced Grade A maple syrup, This liqueur is aged for one year in charred American Oak barrels for one year yielding a rich and refined flavor that only 100% pure Vermont maple syrup can deliver.

It is great alone, as a sweet mixer in craft cocktails, and as a unique substitute for any sweetened liqueur, such as sweet vermouth, Triple Sec, or Amaretto. It is also great wherever maple syrup goes, such as on pancakes, on coffee, or over ice cream.

70 Proof/35% Alcohol; 33% Maple Syrup

Sapling Maple Bourbon

Our Sapling Maple Bourbon is our top selling product and is made with pure Vermont maple syrup and American bourbon. It is aged in charred American Oak barrels for a year and a half before blending with locally-sourced Grade A maple syrup. Once blended, it is then aged for one more year, producing a charred oak flavor with a rice maple amber color.

The maple compliments the aged bourbon flavors and is a great introduction to bouron, as the maple takes some of the whiskey “heat” away, leaving a sweet and smooth taste.

70 Proof/35% Alcohol; 12% Maple Syrup

Sapling Double Barrel Maple Bourbon

Our Double Barrel Maple Bourbon was designed for a more distinct palate. This longer, more elaborate double-aged process consists of combining our Sapling Maple Bourbon with a barrel of three-year-aged straight American Bourbon. The result is a higher-proof, bourbon-forward experience with a smooth and subtle hint of maple.

90 Proof/45% Alcohol; 7% Maple Syrup

Sapling Maple Rye

Our Sapling Maple Rye is beautifully complex in the combination of the sharp peppery flavor of rye and the smooth sweetness of the pure Grade A Vermont maple syrup. This rye is barrel-aged for two years before blending it with maple syrup. It is then aged for one more year, creating more character. The pairing of maple syrup with rye complements natural maple flavors with contrasting notes spice.

70 Proof/35% Alchohol; 12% Maple Syrup

Sapling Honey Bourbon

Our Sapling Honey Bourbon was inspired by a family tradition of making honey liqueurs. This bourbon is barrel aged in charred American Oak and then blended with locally-sourced raw Vermont honey. Similar to our Sapling Maple Bourbon, we locally source raw Vermont honey, blend it with American bourbon, and age it for three years. It offers a strong bourbon-forward taste with a sweet, fresh and floral honey finish.

70 Proof/35% Alcohol; 14% Raw Honey

Maple Negroni

1 oz. Sapling Maple Liqueur
1 oz. Snowdrop Gin
1 oz. Campari
Orange wheel

dd all ingredients into a stirring glass with ample ice. Stir until the cocktail is combined and well-chilled. Garnish with an orange wheel.

Very Vermont Manhattan

2.5 oz. Sapling Maple Rye
.5 oz. Harvest Apple vermouth
1-2 dashes Black Walnut bitters
1 Cinnamon ctick

Add all ingredients to a stirring glass. Add ice and stir until fully combined and glass is frosted. Strain into a well-chilled martini glass. Garnish with the cinnamon stick.

High Rise Manhattan

2.5 oz. Sapling Maple Rye
.5 oz. Borreas Sweet vermouth
1-2 dashes Blood Orange bitters
1 Bourbon cherry

Add all ingredients to a stirring glass. Add ice and stir until fully combined and glass is frosted. Double strain into a well-chilled martini glass with cherry at the bottom.

NE Old Fashioned

3 oz. Sapling Double Barrel Maple Bourbon
.5 oz. Brown Sugar Syrup
1-2 dashes Black Walnut bitters
Orange peel

Add all ingredients to a stirring glass with ice. Stir until fully combined and glass is frosted. Strain into a rocks glass filled with an ice ball. Express an orange peel over the top of the glass and rim, and garnish with the peel.

Knotty Crown

2 oz. Sapling Maple Bourbon
1 oz. Goslings Dark Rum
Dash of Walnut Bitters

Put an ice sphere in a rocks glass, add bourbon, then add the rum using a slow pouring technique with a spoon. You should see a layering effect from lightest to darkest. Finally, add the bitters to create the crown effect.

Vermont & Stormy

2 oz. Sapling Maple Liqueur
Ginger beer
Lime wedge

Fill a Collins glass with ice. Add liqueur then top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve with a straw.

Saxtons Sidecar

1.5 oz. Sapling Maple Bourbon
.5 oz. Lemon juice
Soda
Lemon twist

Add bourbon and lemon juice to a shaker with ample ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Top with soda and garnish with lemon peel.

Berry Smash

2 oz. Sapling Maple or Honey Bourbon
.5 oz. Simple syrup
1 oz. Lemon juice
Berries (2 diced Strawberries, 8-10 Blueberries, or 5-6 Blackberries )

Muddle berries with syrup and lemon juice in a pint glass. Add ample ice and bourbon and shake. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a berry.

Sazerac on Saxtons

2.5 oz. Sapling Maple Rye
Half a dropper of Saxton’s Bitters
7-10 Sprays of Absinthe
Lemon peel

Add rye and bitters to a stirring glass with ample ice, and stir until well-chilled. Spray a rocks glass with 7-10 sprays from the Absinthe atomizer, and then add ice sphere. Strain cocktail into rocks glass over the sphere. Expel oils from lemon peel into the cocktail and wipe the rim of the glass with the expressed surface prior to resting it in the glass.

Honey, I’m Home!

2.25 oz. Sapling Honey Bourbon
.5 oz. Rosemary & Honey Syrup
1 dropper Angostura bitters
Rosemary sprig

Add ingredients to a shaker and shake until frothy and cold. Double strain into chilled coupe glass and garnish with a spanked sprig of rosemary.

It’s Maple Bourbon Thyme

2.5 oz. Sapling Maple Bourbon
.75 oz. Lemon juice
1 oz. Egg white
4 Thyme sprigs

Add 3 of the thyme sprigs, bourbon, and lemon juice to a shaker and muddle. Add egg whites and dry shake. Next, add ice to shaker and shake until frothy. Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with final thyme sprig.

Maple-Rita

1 oz. Sapling Maple Liqueur
1 oz. Reposado Tequila
.5 oz. Grand Marnier
.5 oz. Lime juice
Lime wedge
Maple sugar

Rim half of a rocks glass with maple sugar and fill with ice. Add ingredients to shaker, shake, and strain into glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

Nature’s Nectar

2 oz. Sapling Honey Bourbon
1 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. Mango Juice
1 oz. Lemon Juice
Lemon wedge

Add ingredients to shaker with ample ice. Shake until frosted and frothy. Strain into rocks glass filled with ice and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Boozie Moozie

3 Scoops of vanilla ice cream
2 oz. Maple Bourbon, Maple Liqueur, Honey Bourbon, or Perc
Bourbon cherry
Whipped cream

Add ice cream to milkshake cup. Put in blender until softened. Add alcohol and mix until smooth. Put in coffee mug, top with whipped cream, a bourbon cherry, and a straw.

Saxtons Punch

2 oz. Sapling Honey Bourbon
.5 oz. Honey syrup
1 oz. Lemon juice
1 oz. Orange juice
.5 oz. Cherry syrup
Bourbon cherry

Add bourbon, honey syrup, lemon juice, and orange juice to shaker with ample ice. Shake and strain into rocks glass filled with ice. Add cherry syrup and garnish with a cherry.

Everything Nice

1.5 oz. Ghost Pepper Whiskey
1.5 oz. Honey Bourbon
1 Large spoonful of orange marmalade
.5 oz. Simple syrup
1 oz. Lemon juice
1 Dash of Blood Orange bitters
Orange peel

Add all ingredients to shaker with ample ice. Shake and double strain into rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange peel on a cocktail stick.

Saxtons Revolver

2 oz. Sapling Maple Rye
1 oz. Perc Coffee Liqueur
2 dashes Blood Orange bitters
Orange peel

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ample ice. Shake and double strian into a martini glass. Express the orange peel over the top of the cocktail and wipe on the glass’s rim. Also use as garnish.