Vermont Sweetwater Maple Seltzer

by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Aug 29th 2007 @ 2:36PM

Vermont Sweetwater is a small, family owned and operated soda bottling company that makes all natural sodas in eight different flavors. I had heard of, but never seen their products on the shelves before, but when I did I had to try it. The Maple Seltzer is made with fresh Maple tree sap that is lightly carbonated, and sometimes a touch of Maple syrup is added to provide consistency in the flavor. This is because maple sap's flavor can vary quite a bit depending upon the weather and the point in the sap season when it is collected. Besides the Maple Seltzer they also make a Maple soda from maple syrup and carbonated water, but I haven't run across it yet.

The Maple Seltzer has a nice, clean, light, and refreshing taste to it. You can really taste that it is mostly the sap and not much syrup since it doesn't have any of the smoky intensity of maple syrup. It has a really different flavor than I expected and wasn't overwhelming like many sodas and flavored seltzers can be. I'm not a big soda / seltzer drinker except for ginger, root, birch beers, and sarsaparilla; but I really enjoyed this seltzer and would get it again.

Besides the two maple based products, Vermont Maple Soda and Vermont Maple Seltzer, they also make four fruit flavors. Mango Moonshine, Tangerine Cream Twister, County Apple Jack, and Raspberry Rhubarb Ramble. They also have Kickin' Cow-Cola and Rugged Mountain Root Beer. I'm looking forward to trying the maple soda and the root beer some time soon.

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