5th Annual PANCAKE PALOOZA 2013

On Sunday, February 17th, TEAM EARLEY held it's 5th Annual Pancake Palooza. Over 200 community members turned out to support this event at the Souhegan High School cafeteria in Amherst.  This year’s Palooza featured our first-in-NH People's Choice Maple Syrup Taste-Off as TEAM EARLEY partnered with several sugarhouses from the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association.  We had 7 local sugarhouses  submit entries for this year's Taste-off.  Our 2013 participants included:

Eight randomly-selected judges graded this year's syrup entries in a blind taste test. Samples from the sugarhouses were rated on a scale from 1-10 and judged on a maple grading system similar to the NHMPA's annual Carlisle Award.  Every judge had the opportunity to grade all of the entries using a weighted scale across; density, clarity, consistency, and flavor with a major emphasis on flavor. The results of the 2013 Maple Syrup Taste-Off People Choice Award are as follows...

Congratulations to this year's award winners and a special thank you to all the syrup professionals who participated and donated syrup for this event!

This year's fundraiser brought in over $3,000 and we are thankful to everyone who has supported TEAM EARLEY's "Sun Safety for Life" mission. We look forward to another successful event next year!!

For more information on TEAM EARLEY’s Annula Pancake Palooza please visit www.teamearley.org .