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Good start..
There you go, the dark stuff tastes the best! Finished a batch yesterday, alot of sugar sand this year, filtering not fun!
If you have enough sap, pull a gallon (or 5) at 24-28 Brix (or water some syrup down) and add some yeast and nutrients, make a nice maple wine. Just like making mead, but maple syrup tends to be more expensive than honey.
I made a gallon and a quart today, but it took 63 gallons to get there...one more boil for me then it’s on to cutting wood...the lack of snow makes for an early start on spring chores...
Lots of sap...looks like a Friday and Saturday boil
Still making good syrup in the Belgrade’s, I had my doubts on sugar content yesterday as I boiled, but finished of some real nice looking stuff this morning.
Yep, short and (hopefully?) sweet season for me. 20 taps produced just shy of 30 gallons of sap from 2/23 until 3/28. Ended up with 6 pints of pretty dark looking stuff and just crossing my fingers that I didn't take it too far and end up with crystals forming in the jars. Ah well, there's always next year...
A $20 hydrometer is your best friend in this hobby, takes away all the wondering.
It's still too early where I live. There's one day in the 10 day forecast that might go above freezing but not long enough for a good sap run.
Who's tapping this weekend ?