was in Montreal working and I have heard that Canada is famous for their maple syrup so I asked him to bring some back. The sales lady suggested one that she grew up with and was her favorite. The beautiful bottle is in the shape of a maple leaf it says it is the Maple Syrup Institute gold medal winner. It hardly has much maple flavor, not like I'm used to anyway. This is very light in color and he said there were others that were much darker. I'm wondering if the darker ones have more of a maple flavor to them? I'm sure he'll be back up there soon so I'd like to find out if there is a different type we should try? I'll use this in baked squash or mashed sweet potatoes. It'll be perfect for that. Thanks for any info anyone has.