Results are in...

The results from taste-test described in previous post are in.

Syrups A and B were very different in color. Syrup A was a lighter, more golden color, while syrup B was darker. I preferred syrup A, which I thought had a more woodsy, smoky flavor to it
than B, even though B was richer. Coley disagreed and thought B was smokier and better, but he has a cold, and also admitted that he didn't think there was much of a difference at all between the syrups.

Syrup A had the sticker on the bottom. :)

Taste Test

I sometimes worry about my advisor Mike. Like myself, he grew up in Massachusetts. But Mike's wife Anu is a native of Minnesota, and so Mike now claims Minnesota maple syrup is superior to New England maple syrup. I mean, just because my boyfriend is from Philadelphia, you don't see me wolfing down cheesesteaks.
Mike still roots for the Red Sox, so I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. The only way to determine the degree to which he has sold out is a blind taste-test. So this morning I am making pancakes, with two pitchers of syrup. The one with Vermont maple syrup has a little sticker on the bottom, but I've swapped them around a lot, so I forget which contains the Minnesota swill. I will report the verdict at the end of the pancake eating.