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Its a useless leftover from when the containers were stone jugs.

Is it for a finger?

You mean Canadians don't have them attached to their belts like a hip flask?

It's where you hold the bottle when you drink it. Keep your pinky in the air. Everyone will know you are a gentleman / lady.

Canadian fleshlight

Maple elves, uh doih

The loop is to carry the bottle on your belt, as was the fashion at the time.

Same thing with tiny coffee cups. What the fuck is up with that. I can pinch it sure, but I don't wanna.

If you consider liquor bottles, you will have to admit that the looks of the bottle must be a big part of the marketing and appeal. A lot of people in that business obviously consider it important that their bottles are distinctive.

And maybe it's at least a little bit that way for syrup, too. If you're asking people to pony up extra money for real maple syrup, maybe it makes sense to distinguish the bottle with extra cozy-homey-old-timey signifiers.

All that said, the brands of maple syrup I've been buying don't have a vestigial jug handles. Many of them don't.

Also, that cap always makes a sticky mess.

It's to hang it from a tree so the bears and ants can't get it

Guy with finger:

The bottles used to be much larger for the same price. Something something Shrinkflation.