What a difference between then (traffic on Church St) and now! I recall the outcry about "where are my customers going to park?" Now the volume of shoppers is soooo much greater. Not sure why other places don't catch on.

Vt. maple syrup maker here who has sold to Butternut as well as many other bottlers. Consumer reports frequently does these comparisons and they are worthless. Others have commented that the syrup flavor varies widely because it is a natural product with tree variation, there are processing variations and lots of other variables. If CR repeated the test with another jug they would get different results. Bottom line is that this a random sample which will give you random results.