Bill,
yes, the term comes from the the syrup trade, form the sugarhouses. Most sugarhouses i frequent go thru more beer than sap, but i digress.... [Linked Image]

There is a lot of 'slang' as to what state one resides in, Vermont has 'Vermonters', people from Maine seem to be 'Down Mainers', I hear New Hampshire residents called 'New Hampshirites'...and anyone south of the boarder Flatlanders.