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Runamok - Whistlepig Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup (VT)
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Runamok - Sugarmaker's Dark - Wood-Fired Vermont Maple Syrup - 375 mL
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Runamok - Sparkle Syrup - 250 mL
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Runamok - Sugarmaker's Cut - Pure Vermont Organic Maple Syrup - 375 mL
Regular price $18.95 USDRegular price$25.00 USDSale price $18.95 USDSale
About Runamok
- Based in
- Fairfax, Vermont
- Founded
- 2016
- Known for
- infused, smoked and barrel-aged maple syrups
Laura and Eric Sorkin moved to Vermont in 2000 and spent ten years as organic vegetable farmers. In 2009 they began tapping their own woods, and in 2016 they launched Runamok as a retail brand. The family-owned company sugars in Cambridge and Bolton and does its infusing, barrel-aging and smoking at a production facility in Fairfax.
Runamok began with organic maple syrup and builds flavor from there, aging some syrups in used spirit barrels, infusing others with spices and smoking still others.
The company has since expanded into maple-based cocktail mixers and bitters.
Runamok questions
What is barrel-aged maple syrup?
It is maple syrup aged in wooden barrels that recently held spirits, so the syrup takes on flavor from the wood and from the spirit that soaked into it. Runamok does its barrel-aging at its production facility in Fairfax, Vermont, using emptied barrels such as Kentucky bourbon barrels and rye whiskey barrels, and it has made barrel-aging one of its signature methods.
What does sugaring mean for maple syrup?
Sugaring is the work of making maple syrup. Over a season of about four to six weeks, when nights freeze and days thaw, sugar makers tap maple trees, collect the sap and boil off most of the water, which takes about 40 gallons of sap for each gallon of syrup on average. Runamok does its sugaring in Cambridge and Bolton, Vermont.
