Anyone Here Make Syrup???

[jwalter04]

Threw this evaporated together two seasons ago. Can do 150 gallons in a weekend if I start after work on Friday. Did about half that this weekend and ended up with a little under two gallons of syrup.

 

[johnpma]

Threw this evaporated together two seasons ago. Can do 150 gallons in a weekend if I start after work on Friday. Did about half that this weekend and ended up with a little under two gallons of syrup.

Nice block arch....what are you burning for fuel to boil?

 

[jwalter04]

Burning all the uglies and short pieces from cutting and splitting firewood.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Started early this year (compared to the last 2 years). Just got home from vacation in Honduras, too much to do, not gonna do any taps this year. Wish we were, bit the time just isn't there.
Up side is we have a lot left from last year!
Enjoy!

 

[johnpma]

Continuing to do small batch boils with this warm weather. The flow pan does a great job for this purpose allows near finish draw off while shutting the pan down with raw sap. It's cool watching the raw sap enter the pan from the pre-warmer and seeing near complete syrup in the last pan chamber

Did a hard boil last night and finished 3-12 oz. bottles of liquid gold The smooth buttery sensation over pancakes this morning makes all the hassle worth the effort Oh and I found a use for the bucket ice

 

[johnpma]

Fat lady has sung......buds are out on the trees, and the warm temps have made preserving the sap difficult

Boiled 50 gallons Sunday and made a bit more than a gallon of sap. This last batch had a very high sugar content and when finished had a very smooth buttery taste.....

The barrel unit did very well. Time for her to go inside for next season into the pole barn.

Pulling the buckets and shutting down the tap lines On to gardening, and getting ready for next year's sap production that will be bigger It's an addiction

 

[begreen]

Drool.

 

[Ihalmiut]

It's my most favorite time of year! It started out a bit on the depressing side with a couple of days in the low 70's already. Some of the silver's are already passed the point of no return, so we're pulling those too johnpma. We did 55 gallon's on Saturday, in our shorts and t-shirts, and it finished to 11 pints. An amazing mix of Silver, Red, Sugar, and Box Elder. I came within 2 minutes of burning it!! It's happened to me once before and I hate it when that happens. It did nicely make for a quick finish on the kitchen stove! But anyways, we moved here in late October and have our own trees again after 13 years of living in a place that was a blessing, except NO MAPLES! The weather forecast is looking favorable for a run of 4 or 5 days at the end of the week and in to next week.

 

[johnpma]

Hello All, Been away busy for a long time but thought I'd check in

Our sugaring operation has grown to 85 taps this year. We also installed a Mason 2 X 3 evaporator, plumbed in an overhead gravity feed storage tank, and moved our operation into a 10 X 12 shed converted to a sugar shack. We had our first boil of the 2017 season last night and the new wood fired evaporator performed extremely well boiling 8 gph We will be finishing on a propane cooker before bottling in glass.

Hope everyone has a great sugar season