The BEST maple farm tour in VERMONT 🍁 (+ trying creemees!)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- We have officially made it to New England! For our first stop we're in Vermont and we couldn't think of a better way to start out our time in the state than experiencing the #1 thing we think of when we think of Vermont...maple syrup! 🍁 We went on a free tour of the AMAZING Baird Farm where we learned all about the process to make maple syrup, sampled different grades of maple syrup, and then tried maple creemees for the first time!
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Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
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This video was filmed on September 25, 2021 and doesn't reflect the current state of fall foliage.
Learn more about Baird Farm (and buy their maple syrup!): www.bairdfarm.com/
Tour Baird Farm: www.bairdfarm.com/visit-our-farm
Watch more New England adventures: ruclips.net/p/PLZKRTK1yCEM7uVAlQDMphCQxMIEJAhXLF
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If this was filmed on Sept 25th, that would mean I was about 30 minutes from you on day 2 of my New England adventure. I so wish I would have thought about doing a tour like this!!! Really fun video.
Ahh no way! It's always so crazy to us when our paths cross (or almost cross) with people who watch our videos! So happy you enjoyed the video!
Vermont is such an underrated state, glad y’all are exploring it!
We loved it so so much!
Who knew there were maple syrup tastings!? It’s Vermont is like the Napa of syrup 🤣 and maple creamy🍦🤤
It totally is! We LOVE it!
This was a sweet episode! No seriously - awesome, and now I want pancakes/waffles/French toast! We love the videos where you guys get to see how things are made… I guess now we know why maple syrup is so expensive, it’s all the labor and processing!
Oh man and can we talk about those views? Farming and mountains?!? Sign us up!!
We have such a new appreciation for the work that goes into it! And definitely will be splurging to support the hard work in the future!
It’s SO beautiful out there! The mix of farms and mountains all around Vermont was stunning!
Thanks to visit Vermont for us!
We can’t wait to share more!
My Father is French Canadian and maple syrup was just part of life. They would have sugar parties where they would pour the syrup onto the snow and everyone would dig in with their fork to eat the taffy like candy it made! It’s rather funny since I grew up eating nothing but real maple syrup when friends would have me over for pancakes, I would ask what that stuff was in the bottle? It’s maple syrup they would try to tell me… once you have the real thing, there’s not turning back.
I saw that they put it on snow and now I want to try it so badly hahaha
Love you idea of educating us about how maple syrup is made, wow cool.
We’re so glad you enjoyed learning about it!
Welcome to the hood! Mainer here, and I am so partial to NE, especially in the fall. Just love Vermont, NH and of course Maine. Looking forward to your videos to see it through your eyes.
We have been loving our time up this way! SO beautiful!
Maine is a beautiful state
My mind has been blown by this video. I looooove maple syrup, but the proper stuff that isn't watered down in the UK is so expensive compared to alternatives such as honey and golden syrup, but listening to the whole process, you can understand why. Your guide was so good, reminds me once again of how great your customer service is out there. Not only was he remembering names of everyone on the tour, but facts like your composting loo!!! Awesome that you're off to Burlington. I only ever saw the mall as it's where we took the campers whose parents couldn't get to camp to visit them on parents visiting weekend so it still felt like they were going on a fun adventure! Will be nice to see what was outside of it!
Yay! So happy you enjoyed this one! It's definitely A LOT of work to make maple syrup, which is why it is so pricey. We have definitely mostly purchased the cheap fake stuff before to save money, but now we want to support those who work hard to make the real stuff! Jacob was truly the best, he took the time to learn about everyone and reference things about us, which made the experience so personal. Burlington was amazing, we can't wait to share it. It's definitely the kind of city (its size, outdoor focus, and overall vibe) that we could see ourselves living in someday, although Vermont is too cold in the winter for us haha!
The actual sap is my favorite. The syrup is too sweet. Glad to have you in Vermont. We have a few good things going for us.
We’d be intrigued to try that!
What a great edit of the tour!!! It was awesome meet you guys and we wish you all the best on your future travel
It was so awesome to meet you Jared! Y’all made the experience extra fun! 🙌🏼
Loved this video, My neighbors own a Maple farm, they participate in Mapleweekend held across New York each March. They sell a variety of maple products including maple glazed doughnuts and hot dogs boiled in syrup.
That is so awesome! We would 100% try those hot dogs!
@@AdventuresofAplusK can't wait to see you in Maine, spent my honeymoon on Mount desert island. You will love Acadia National park
woww...giant pumpkin.. awesome👍👍😍😍
It was massive!!
Today I learned a lot about maple syrup. This video is better than those boring documentaries!
We are so glad that you enjoyed it!
Those maple creamies looked sooo good! Thanks for taking one for the team Adam, someone had to get maple on their shirt. 🍁
Did you even go to Vermont if you don’t leave with maple on your shirt?!
@@AdventuresofAplusK 😂
So cool! The piping system from the taps sound really neat. I've never done a maple syrup tasting but now I definitely want to do one.
It was super fascinating to learn about! It's wild how much sap they can get from the trees!
Come visit our farm sometime!
Love to see New England in the fall!! So many beautiful spots. Thank you for taking us through all things maple syrup 😍 Hope you make a stop in Maine, it’s one of my favorite places!!
We definitely will have quite a few Maine videos!
What a fun, informative & tasty intro to Vermont!🍦I like how Adam is really feeling those Autumn vibes in his colorful lei of leaves!🍁 BTW…Happy 7th anniversary to you both! You truly are so lucky to have found each other!❤️Hugs to Kona!
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes! And we're glad you enjoyed this first video about Vermont!
Definitely want to visit Vermont someday! That looks like a fun tour! Beautiful shots at the beginning!
Thank you! It’s a gorgeous state!
Love this channel so much! yall keep up the great content :)
We super appreciate the support Connor!
Great video! A local park has Sugar Maple Days every year where they make small batches by cooking sap in an iron pot over a wood fire, so I knew much of this, but it was neat to see more modern techniques and the beautiful Vermont landscape. Those creemees look delicious.
Over a wood fire sounds extra cool! Highly recommend a creemee (or three!) while in Vermont!
There used to be a lot of Sorghum Mills around Lower Arkansas. Molassis. Yellow Jackets are never far from syrup. Good vlog.
Thanks Tim!
We loved the maple syrup creamies!
We had so many of them 😂
You know it's good if a bee wants a bite!!
Hahaha very true! But he can buzz off, I’m not sharing! 😜🐝
I’m so behind on commenting on your videos but I wanted to thank you for this! I’m ordering some Baird’s for my husband for Christmas.
Yay! We hope y’all love it!
It makes a great gift! Would love to have you share our maple for Christmas! :)
I hope you guys get to experience some beautiful fall color while you're there!!! So glad you're going to be staying in New England for a while because if they're anything like us here in Michigan the fall color is a few weeks behind where it is normally. Dennis's family has been making maple syrup for generations as well so our sons grew up getting to tap the trees and collect sap every spring. And they love drinking maple syrup and eating maple sugar candy as well. I didn't grow up using real syrup so I can't handle that much super with eating it plain like that but it sure is delicious on pancakes. Enjoy!!!
We’ve been out here for about a month now and finally got to see some colors, they definitely were more delayed than we thought they would be!
How cool that they make maple syrup! We would love to get to experience a sugaring season someday!
@@AdventuresofAplusK If you do participate in maple syrup making try to find a smaller operation that still uses the individual spiles and buckets on trees rather than the tubing so you can get the authentic experience!
Yeah, we're planning to drive up into Northern Michigan tomorrow to try to see some color ourselves. The trees are just barely starting to turn where we live and that's not typically the case for mid-October. I hope we get to enjoy some color before it snows because it's hard on the trees when it snows before they have dropped their leaves.
Safe travels!
I grew up eating the massed produced syrup from the supermarket and had no idea how delicious the stuff fresh from the source was. We picked up some in Wisconsin and it didn't last long lol. I'd be in heaven trying all the different kinds! People are SUPER serious about their giant pumpkins! There was a new state record at the WV Pumpkin Festival this year, 2,194 pounds... literally bigger than a Smart Car. I've always wanted to attend one of those pumpkin chunkin events where they launch them with a trebuchet.
Dang, that is INSANE! We had no idea giant pumpkins were a thing. We will never look at regular pumpkins the same again haha. And isn't pure maple syrup just so dang good?! We are trying to savor ours!
very fun! would love to try the different maple syrups. I can't believe there weren't pancakes! Seems like a missed opportunity, lol. You both crack me up with your reactions to the food... the ice cream was hilarious! Vermont looks awesome.
Hahah don't you worry, we whipped up some pancakes in the van and had a feast with the syrup!
My wife and I took the Baird Farm tour on 9/30/22. Jakob is witty, funny, and possesses a vast knowledge of Vermont maple syruptology. He treated us as a member of his family. There were 2 other couples in our group who mentioned that your video brought them to his farm. He said that you are a lovely couple and 5 or 6 couples a week mention they book the tour because they have seen your video.
Oh that is so awesome to hear! We had such a great time with them and we're glad we could share their farm and get people interested to visit them! We're glad you had a great time! Thanks for letting us know about that!
Excited to see more of New England!
We cannot wait to share!
We were in southern Vt. this last weekend! The foliage was every bit as good as advertised.we had such fun. We bought some syrup for our fam but we didn’t try any.
It is so gorgeous out there!
My dad made syrup when I was growing up. Only we hung buckets on the trees and it was my unglamorous job to haul it in 5 gallon buckets after school. That ingenious medical hose system makes me wonder how much easier life could have been....
That sounds like a tough job! I bet you got super strong!
Hello Adventurers😊😊😊, I'm so thrilled that y'all are exploring New England, especially northern New England! I'm sure that you are enjoying the scenic drives in Vermont. Burlington is an AWESOME city by Lake Champlain, in fact the is a BEAUTIFUL Waterfront walkway along the lake and Church Street with so many places to eat...Ohhh Yeah! I'm wondering if y'all are indulging the savory dishes in Burlington...nothing like a jawful of absolute DELICIOUSNESS🍗🍗🍗🍕🍕🍕🍕🍟🍟🍟🍟🍔🍔🍔🍔🍰🍰🍰🍰! I can't wait to see what's next👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.
We have LOVED Vermont! And we loved Burlington as well! Such a beautiful city with beautiful scenery! We definitely ate a little bit in Burlington, but nothing too crazy (although delicious!)
I’m so excited you are in NE! We live in the Midwest but spent almost 3 years there and fell in love! We go back to visit as much we can and I can’t wait to see your tours and learn new things. I sooo much miss the fall foliage. Happy traveling and eating!!
It’s just so magical in the fall! 😍 Can totally see why you miss it!!
Drooling. Fresh maple syrup is incredible!
We grew up with the fake stuff and holy moly is the real stuff goooood!
@@AdventuresofAplusK you know it 🤤
Loved the maple farm tour with Jacob…he made it so fun and interesting! Hey, Adam got a shoutout about the compost toilet! 🤣😂🤣 I bet that maple syrup is so delicious and fresh! Not to mention those cones you were eating frequently! 🤣😋🍦 The drone footage of the farm was just beautiful! Great job you two❣️
Hahaha he learned a lot about us and sprinkled in little facts about us to keep it interesting 😂 Too bad we can’t transport a cone back to Texas!
It's So Good! Should be on your merchandise.
A very Sweet & fun episode!! Thank you!! 🍁
Such a sweet day! 😜 Glad you enjoyed it!
What a fun video! Vermont looks beautiful, I’ve never been. I’m a big fan of maple syrup though so this would make a fun trip. 👍
It was really fun to experience something that they are so known for!
Come visit us sometime! :)
Awesome video! Sharing for sure, thanks you two!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my Goodness
I couldn't wait to click on the video to learn about the Maple Syrup! 😄 That maple 🍁 creeme looks awesome Kathryn and Adam. Vermont is definitely a big goal of mines one day
It was soooo good! We had many more during our trip 😂😂
Ice cream WHY of course it’s your videos! Thank you for always including so much behind the scenes and history! Fabulous video as always! Btw -Awesome thumbnail! ~Cara 😊
Thanks Cara!!
Welcome to New England, Adventures of A+K!!! I hope you enjoy your stay in New England and visit all six states and various attractions. White mountains in New Hampshire are breathtaking around this time, and Acadia National Park has always been my favorite national park. As a Rhode Islander, I also highly recommend Newport's Cliffwalk and mansion tours.
I appreciate your efforts to visit different parts of the U.S. and show us those places' beauty. Good luck, and I will keep watching your videos! :D
Thank you!! We won’t be visiting all of the states this time, but have loved what we have seen so far and already have a long list for when we can come back!
Very sweet.
Indeed! 😜
Just started watching your shows.
We love to travel and it is nice to get ideas and places to eat.
Very nice job on your video's. It is so cool to see you visited Baird farm .
Basically up the hill from where we live. Thanks 😊
Baird Farm and the people there are one of the major highlights of our trip to the northeast last year! Thanks for watching!
I really enjoyed this vlog. Damn, Vermont is so beautiful. You all are fortunate. Safe travels.
So happy you enjoyed it! And isn't it gorgeous?! The mix of farms and mountains is so stunning!
I LOVE pancakes and that syrup would make them heavenly. I too would choose the darker variety. I doubt you'll ever be able to eat Mrs Butterworth again.😉 I love to watch you all enjoy your food . The creamys looked amazing 😋💛
We are forever ruined haha!
I love you guys and love your videos so much thank you for posting such awesome content!!!
Thank you so much for watching! 💕
'Not a syrup person, but would go on the tour, that guy was great !
He was the best! His passion is contagious!
lol You will be once you go on the tour ;) come visit sometime!
Dang, Jacob from Baird Farms really knew his stuff. Impressed. Great video, as always. At 7 minutes, 10 seconds both of you looked like you were sampling syrup on a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream container. Brilliant colors all in this video. 🍁 lol, I’d Tap That. A+ A&K
He was so knowledgeable and so passionate about it! And a Ben and Jerrys + maple syrup combo would be about as Vermont as it gets!
Very interesting vlog. Thanks for the insight about making maple syrup. Until next time.... Travel Safe.
Absolutely!
Wish you had stopped in CT/MA/RI! Southern New England always gets left out!
Ya we wish we could have also. We didn't have the time for it on this trip. We hope to go back and explore the rest!
Looks so much fun! 😍
It was such a great day! Really set the bar high for the rest of Vermont!
This was awesome; the drone footage was beautiful. Y'all will have to come back to New England when the fall foliage is not so late & more vibrant. Something about the long lasting warm weather has messed it up a bit. When we were in Stowe VT, we had horrible weather for a couple of days - so, we went factory touring - Cabot Cheese, Ben & Jerry's Ice-cream, a Maple Syrup Farm & an Apple Cider Factory. Was so fun - even our teenage daughter had a good time! Excited to see what else you have to share with us from New England!!
We definitely were too early in Vermont, but almost caught peak foliage in New Hampshire which was amazing! It did rain a LOT when we first got to NH (probably around the time you were in Stowe). We probably went to the same apple cider spot as y'all!
@@AdventuresofAplusK we had amazing foliage in Maine, we are in Mass now & it’s barely getting there. So weird to be mid-Oct & still not have much! We were actually in Stowe years ago. Would have been fun to run into y’all if we had been up there more recently!! I can’t wait to see NH Vlog! When we were there in 2016, the foliage was the best I had ever seen!! The White Mnts & Mt Washington are beyond stunning!!
Ahhh okay! I guess having bad weather in the fall is a trend that we both got to experience haha! We actually ended up pushing a lot of our plans because the foliage was later than we thought it would be. Thankful we have that flexibility, but we didn't realize it would be so late in some spots!
@@AdventuresofAplusK always good to have an excuse to come back to New England! Any chase I have to come up here. I’m on it!!🥰😂🥰
Also, WOW it is so pretty there!!
Vermont was so insanely gorgeous! SO pumped to share more of its beauty!
@@AdventuresofAplusK can’t wait to see!!!
Ohh.. my my.. the ice cream looks super delicious
It was very creamy as the name implies!
Glad to have the first comment, such a nice place to visit some day
Woo! 🥇🏆
You guys are my new favorite RUclips channel! Planning family trip to New England this summer so I watched all your videos in New England. Yours are hands down the best! I’m looking forward to checking out your other videos. I’ve got a long list of places for future family vacations. Utah and CA are coming up for us next couple years. So I can’t wait to watch those videos.
We’re so glad we could help! That’s our #1 goal! Be sure to check out our website also. We can get much more detailed and hopefully even more helpful there. Adventuresofaplusk.com
And let us know if you have any questions! Thanks for watching!
I’ve always wanted to go to Vermont! This looks so fun! Love your videos!
The state totally blew us away! We couldn't recommend it more!
So interesting to learn how maple syrup is harvested! Sure wish we had "youtube tasting"....lol
hahaha we wish we could let y'all taste it through the videos!
I just got back from New England & your videos were such a helpful introduction to the area. Thanks in particular for highlighting Baird Farm. My friends and I were there to do some photography and I could tell they were wondering why I was insisting on stopping at a maple farm but afterwards they couldn't stop talking about our tour with Jacob. He's wonderfully entertaining and informative at the same time. And their syrups are wonderful.
Baird Farm and everyone there are so awesome! We can't wait to go back ourselves! We're glad you had a great trip! Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching!
That dude is amped about sap! 🤣
This looks like it was a fun tour!
His passion was contagious! 🙌🏼 It was a blast!
Definitely a sappy personality!
lol Come for a tour sometimes! :)
@@bairdfarm7613 it would absolutely be my pleasure! Im excited to visit Vermont some day soon!
Enjoyed seeing your Vermont stop. Can’t wait to see what you find on the rest of your NE trip (fall foliage?)
There will definitely be foliage to come! We caught most of Vermont too early, but will have some pretty colors soon!
I always enjoy the behind the scenes look at how things are produced. Do you recall what date you were there? I noticed that trees hadn't started to change much yet.
We have loved learning about things being made lately! And this was September 25. We timed our Vermont portion of our trip a bit too early (it’s so hard to predict!), but we did see more colors towards the end of our time in Vermont!
Found this video while I was in Rutland for a quick weekend, thanks to you I tracked down the maple creemee stand. It was well worth it detour!
Woo! Glad you got to have one!
I traveled the Kanc by motorcycle in the spring years ago. Was one of my favorite eastern drives. No trails so I missed the gorges and waterfalls. Thanks for sharing these. Looks like Kona was showering you with thankful kisses.🆓️🆒️💑 luv your videos!! 🙋♂️
I bet that's a lot of fun on a motorcycle! And we love us some Kona kisses!
We stopped at the Baird Farm this week, based on your great experience. We told them you guys inspired us to visit them. Mavis the German Shepard says hi!
That’s so awesome! Glad y’all enjoyed it. They are great people out there!
Hey, no clues on where next or did I miss that, lol. I’ve been waiting for the next Ice cream stop. If I’m counting that’s 5 states with no ice cream stops haha…. Love the educational tours btw.Keep up the great work!
Trying to share more than just the same things every video! 😉
So proud to live in this state!
What's really great about you guys is that you are seeing the whole country. You're from Texas but you don't diss the East; likewise I think many Easterners like me need to see Texas. At a time when the nation seems to be coming apart at the seams, politically, we need to be reminded that all of it belongs to all of us. We share this great country. While you are in NE I hope you go to the White Mountains in NH and also to Booth Bay Harbor in Maine. Best to you.
We love exploring all of the US! We believe there is beauty and fun to be found anywhere.
You both do such a great job on your videos..thanks fo bringing it!!
I want to Maine over the 4th of July week went to Arcadia National Park
We are very excited to visit there!
Today we finally made it to Baird Farm for a maple syrup tour. So much fun and delicious tasting! We told Jacob we heard about them from you! We also tasted a creamee for the first time. I didn't think I'd like it, but it was very good! Thanks for doing so much research for me🤣
Oh that’s so awesome! They are such fun out there! Maple creemees are the bomb! We’re glad you had a great time!
Now I’m hungry and my boyfriend and I are fighting about which hypothetical syrups we would get (on the lightest to darkest scale). 😋
Hahahaha that’s hilarious! You gotta let us know what you settle on 😂
Good stuff u2🌝
Thank you!
thanks A+K
You guys should come to Philadelphia!!! And go to the best cheesesteak place in Philadelphia called Steve’s prince of steaks btw it’s cash only for Steve’s and get a Philly cheesesteak with WIZ. do some adventuring and you got to go to a sports game to see why we are the city of brotherly love and have fun in philly
We definitely want to someday! It's super high on the list of cities we want to visit, but unfortunately not likely this time out east.
as a vermont resident i love maple syrup until the day i die.. or until i go bankrupt from the prices of that stuff 😂
Every time we go to Vermont we splurge on it! So good!
Palmers maple creames in Jericho Vt (best!!)
We live in Vt Should stop by I’m right around corner lol here in Vt
Ooo good to know for next time! We had a couple more creemees during our time in VT and all were delicious!
Once you start with real maple syrup there is no going back to any other syrup.
We agree! We are ruined now! 😫
We agree! ;)
I just gotta know, do you guys work 40 hours a week then do all this after work or are you able to work when you want with your full time jobs? Thanks.
We are now fully self employed, but we still work 60ish hours a week in addition to filming these videos. When I had my corporate job I worked 40 hours a week on that and 40+ hours a week on this. We share the progression of our jobs here: adventuresofaplusk.com/blog/travel-budgeting/