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Everyone's stuff looks great! Fired up the new and improved maple machine for the first boil yesterday. Goes a lot faster than last years two pan model (but I was still at it under lights at 10 pm ). Figured the back pans would end up just being preheaters but if everything was just right, all four boiled pretty good! Boiled around 35/40 gallons and will finish it off tonight. Sap was coming fast and furious when I last saw it this morning - looks like a big day. (Image removed from quote.)
Looks Great Ed!!! So are you hooked
x2 Who knew standing over a propane burner for 15 hrs. to make 2.5 quarts of syrup could be so much fun! I've got some going outside right now, best run of the yr. today by far.
the first batch, and with this stupid weather might be the last . what do ya think (Image removed from quote.)think
Almost screwed up 7 hours of boiling last night by by getting caught up in an episode of Pawn Stars, got it just in time, just have to finish and bottle. Night time lows look much more favorable in my area now, freezing or below through Sat., might not be over after all! Ryan - great looking setup minus the PBR, showoff. CStearns - you are a quick study, well done. What was your filtering process?BDuckin - on your next batch, fill your bottles chock block full to avoid spoilage.Jeff- I have seen that file cabinet setup on another site, one guy is actually boiling in an old alum truck box as well, amazing the crude inventions people come up with and still make great syrup.
That is Great!!! Yeah...where did you get those bottles??
you guys are lucky to have had much of a syrup season at all. it is 70 deg here in wisconsin right now and no sap! this time last year i already had 2 40 gal. cook offs. now i have 10 gals buried in the last snow pile i pushed together with a wheeler and all of the snow is gone!! with the heat all of this week i'm thinking the trees will bud and that will be it! there is no sub 32 deg temps in the forcast for the next week to a week and a half...and definetly no sap. so have fun while you can!! my syrup season is going as well as my ice fishing season did so far!!
Sorry to hear that!!! It is VERY depressing!!!
Is it cheaper to buy the syrup and use the wood for heat.
Lots of places you can get bottles, do a search for maple syrup bottles. I get mine from www.atkinsonmaple.com
i got the from andersons, andersonsmaplesyrup.co m/ good service and good prices. the ones i got were the 8 oz bottles, they were 9$ for 12. not too bad, i think this is the perfect size for personal use.
Well I went to check my taps today...DRY!!! I would love to have at least 10-15 more gallons of sap...I have 12 right now....anyone have any near by they can spare