morse farm maple sugarworks

I purchased a package of 4 small maple candies for $3.95 and a maple moose candy for $1.75. The 4 pack candy was hard and had white spots. The moose wasbetter but not as fresh as i have had at home in CT. My expectation was that the candy should be soft and creamy on the inside with a crystallized layer on the outside. The candies from Morse earned the one star rating. Maybe I just picked a bad package. Also to the left of the front counter by the window was a large somewhat dirty barrel of a dark substance that I assume is used for the maple tours. The top of the barrel was not clean looking and had a paper cup half full of some very gross looking dark gobby substance with some dripping from the sides of the cup. There was a spout on the barrel with some of this substance oozing out. There was no sign that I saw indicating what thiswas but it looked unsanitary and gross.Also earns the one star rating. It was the end of the day and the place was trashed...garbage nearly overflowing. Sample areas sloppy and sticky. On the positive side the view was great with cross country skiers. Place was rustic with lots of neat things on the walls. Syrup we bought was good...but I did hope the nasty barrel or whatever was in it wasn't involved in the making of the syrup or was an example of the sanitary levels of their production process. Positives not enough to outweigh negatives noted.

We stopped at Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks on the way back from Burlington heading back to New Jersey. The tour was interesting and we had a chance to also sample and buy different maple syrup products. Worth it.

Although it was Sunday and officially "off-season", this delightful little store was open and the employees helpful and engaging. They eagerly helped us decide on our perfect maple syrup and chatted a bit about life in Vermont. Would definitely return if I ever made it back to this beautiful state.

On our recent trip up to the Vermont, we stopped in at Morse Farm to learn about the production of maple syrup. We were first greeted by Burr Morse the owner of the sugarworks. He is a "one of a kind" character who genuinely needs to be cloned, stuffed or have a hologram made of himself before he leaves this earth. He set the stage for our tour of the farm and giftshop. The tasting area was simple and effective. You can place your orders and have them ready for shipping before you leave the property. About a week later all of our gifts to friends had been received in tact. All immediately had pancakes or waffles the next morning to sample our gifts. They were all very pleased.

My husband and I stopped here on our second day in Vermont after having high expectations based on the previous TripAdvisor reviews. There was an attendant in the large gift shop who was helpful if you asked but otherwise just sat at the register. There are lots of good things to buy in the gift shop (**tip: check your receipt if your total sounds high...a few of our items were charged higher than the prices advertised on the pricing signs). But the sugar house was dark & empty, and the DVD wasn't enough to keep our attention. Our experience lacked the personal touch that other reviewers have found so enjoyable.

We visited this farm on a coach trip of New England. The owner, Burr, is in his 80's and has a great sense of humour. He described the process to us in detail, and showed a video. He had us in stitches! We tasted Sugar on Snow, the hot maple syrup served on ice with doughnuts and pickle! Very strange, but interesting. The gift shop is very good, and the scenery stunning. Definitely worth a visit.

52 seniors with Coffee Break Tours from Tennessee descended upon the Morse Farm looking to be entertained and we sure were. Burr was fantastic, explaining everything from the beginning to the end of the maple syrup business. He is so funny and knowledgeable. And just today, I received my first mailing from Morse Farms with all kinds of exciting packages to purchase especially nice for the holidays. What a wonderful stop! This is a fun place to visit and enjoy the old and the new. It was nice to walk around and take those beautiful fall pictures. We sure will be back. Staff are wonderful and took real good care of us! Thanks Burr! Thanks everyone!

This is the 2nd Sugarhouse we went to, however, they didn't seem to have as many gifts as the other one we went to, Bragg's. We didn't get any tours at this one. The help was not quite as friendly as Bragg's, but I'd go here again just for the beautiful scenery.

We arrived right after a bus tour was finishing. We were pretty much ignored! No explanation was given what to do or where to go. I know it is off season but.....waste of time. I could have gotten the same information online.

How could you skip going to a Maple Sugar House? Even off-season?We were there in October, so there wasn't any true activity, but the staff at Morse are super-friendly, you get to see how your syrup is made and you get to buy yummy things. The products (syrup, etc) are amazing and make sure you get a maple creemee while you are there - it's pretty much to die for.

All the activities occur in the spring time, so being there in October expectations were minimal and my expectations were barely met. An interesting DVD did explain what occurs there in the spring. They have a really nice gift store with everything maple. I probably would have rated this attraction higher, but I felt partially ripped off in the gift store. They sold me a $5.00, fairly small bag of maple popcorn. It wasn't that fresh but my big complaint was I didn't taste any maple flavor. It would have been an OK $2.00 item at most. We bought several jugs of maple syrup. I hope they have more maple flavor than their popcorn!

This is the place where you should go for all your maple needs. It's truely a maple lovers paradise. My personal recommendations are the maple cream and apple pie in a jar ( the apple pie is not made at Morse Farm) on your way out make sure you purchase a maple creemee (soft serve ice cream cone) it's delish.

This is a super place and the most interesting highlight of our tour of New England .Burr Morse is such a character and his comedy talk would top the bill at any venue .Go there and enjoy the free samples buy in the gift shop and most of all by the book by Burr called Sugar Words.

Burr is the humorist seventh generation of Morse men who have carried the process of making real maple syrup. We saw a film explaining the making of the syrup and he pitched his new book. We then got to taste maple soft serve ice cream and wander through the gift shop. My wife found lots of goodies to ship back home. This was definitely a worthwhile stop on our tour of New England.

If you have never visited a pure maple syrup sugarhouse you will want to visit this one. imagine our surprise when Mister Morse came into the gift shop when we first arrived. He posed for pictures and then took us on a personal tour of the sugar house. We saw a video about the farm and his father. We tasted samples of the maple syrup and he helped us select the best quality.We were not disappointed. Our trip to the sugar house in Waterbury will be one of our fondest memories.