Syrup made to date

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

well I have made 8.5 gallons
7 Dark Amber
1.5 Medium Amber

[Randy Brutkoski]

on saturday i made 135 gallons and sunday i made 120 gallons. I need those kind of numbers all of the time.

[sugarhouse veiw farm]

I have made 178 to date vac is on through the snow and running some

[Killington Maple]

Have made 108 gallons so far, but sap hasn't run at all since last Sunday.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

7 more of Dark Amber!! Sap is really clear in syrup pan right now

[Sugarmaker]

Around 190 gallons mostly light. Done for the season

[Randy Brutkoski]

Just shy of 800 gallons. Tonight I made a barrell of fancy. First time this year. This week is the big sap week, bring it.

[Thad Blaisdell]

1335.... havent made any since ...... oh about 5 or 6 days..... the temp has been short by a couple of degrees every day.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

Just shy of 800 gallons. Tonight I made a barrell of fancy. First time this year. This week is the big sap week, bring it.

AWESOME, wonder if higher concentrate helped?

[village idiot]

You guys are killing me! I'm north of WRJ, I've got ~100 on buckets and have pulled down a whopping 3 gal. Now the buckets are all on "woods trees" that are on a north facing slope but I've yet to see a good run this whole year.

Maybe Wed.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

You guys are killing me! I'm north of WRJ, I've got ~100 on buckets and have pulled down a whopping 3 gal. Now the buckets are all on "woods trees" that are on a north facing slope but I've yet to see a good run this whole year.

Maybe Wed.

we allow upside down staters to move here:lol:
I will come close to breaking the 20 Gal mark tonight, and the sap in the pan is super clear. More than the first time I boiled unsure why it is. The only diff. is my AOF system and hotter temps.

[maplecrest]

1900 so far sap trickling in last 3 days. fun to see sap at 28 degrees

[log cabin luke]

made 52 gallons on 1189 trees in the wilderness, felt like mid winter last few days , saps a coming by mid week , river thawed out last week now I have to walk to get there no more snowmobile access. taking a short break back In civilization, back in the woods tonight

[Dill]

we allow upside down staters to move here:lol:


Now see you guys are the upside downstate. You'd topple right over if it wasn't for us.

I'm at 38 gallons plus what's in the canner from last night probably 3 gallons.
Plenty more sap for tonight.

1900 gallons of syrup? Man you big guys really the rest of us in perspective.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

i think i just made some fancy

[TapME]

I think we will be at 50 or more the next time I start the evap. This is on a back yard rig on blocks not that fancy stuff most of you use:)

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

deff. made fancy, 1st time in many years i dont know why but not ging to dump it wll sell.
About 2 gal of Fancy.
why do people like fancy so much just doesn't have the flavor, don't get me wrong still love it but heavier the maple flavor the better.

[Dill]

I made some of the lightest syrup all year last night. And dumped it in the canner. Totally forgetting about 2 or 3 gallons of DA in there.
DOH>

[PapaSmiff]

I've decided that my Light Amber (Fancy) will all be used for candy next year. Although I like it, my family prefers the Dark Amber. Only 4 of my taps are still running, but they are really running hard. I still get about 6 gallons of sap per day from those 4 taps.

So far this season, I made about 3 gallons on 8 taps, and I also sold about 40 gallons of sap. Will probably get another 1/2 gallon of syrup before the season ends. With the sap that I sold, I would have made a total of about 4 1/2 gallons of syrup on 8 taps. Pretty good year!

[mitchellbob]

7 gallons and hoping for more?

[whalems]

44 gallons so far. Looks to be a good week here in northern Michigan

[shane hickey]

I think the season is finally over, I'll start taking things down tomarrow, It's been a record year for me made almost 3000 gallons, a great year.

shane

[Thad Blaisdell]

CONGRATS Shane, well done. That is one large pile of sweet and sticky.

[shane hickey]

thanks Thad I switching over to ng. I burned 150 cords of wood in 11 days this isn't happening again to much work.

[collinsmapleman2012]

150?! thats a lotta wood!!!

[3rdgen.maple]

Are there any trees left to burn in Michigan? Good god thats alot of wood.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

Think MI going to be clear cut like VT was back in the day.
Ok you experianced old timers I'm gonna throw some approx. numbers out correct me if I'm wrong.

3000 gal syrup, it takes approx. 1 cord of wood for every 15 to 20 gal syrup made. So on that 3000/20=150. Thats right on or could be 200 cord if at the 15 gal mark. I don't know what sugar content these numbers are based at.

I have to work on my other numbers:(

[Thad Blaisdell]

WOWSERS 150 cord.... holy broken back Batman. You need a bigger RO for sure. Done correctly you can make 1 gallon of syrup to 1/2 gallon oil. 1500 gallons of oil $6000. Labor bill alone for handling 150 cords would be about that.

[sugarhouse veiw farm]

318 gals so far 78 gals yesterday good day for me. Sap is coming now. 4590 through the RO yesterday. Bring it on im ready.

[marc]

55 gals. so far. sap didn't run at all for 4 days last week due to hard freezes. 35 during the day wasn't enough to get the trees to recover from the 12 degree nights. the w.f. mason 2x8 seems to be working out great. The syrup grades are also lighter after the mid-season freeze up. All in all I can't complain. Having fun and learning as I go!

[PerryW]

WOWSERS 1. Done correctly you can make 1 gallon of syrup to 1/2 gallon oil. .


Do you know how much oil it takes to make a gallon of syrup by straight evaporation in a regular 3x10 evaporator with just a preheater hood? (no stamaway or RO). A friend of mine just bought one and he's wondering.

[802maple]

Usually between 4 and 5 gallons, some really efficient evaporators will be just under 4.

With a RO and high concentrate we are usually a 1/3rd a gallon to a gallon of syrup

[Thad Blaisdell]

I have heard that straight out pans with oil is about 3 gallons

[woodburner]

I must be doing something right, I am averaging 20gal. of syrup per chord. No RO 3x12 raised flue forced draft. I hope everyone is using a 4x4x8 chord, not a face chord.

[sugarhouse veiw farm]

392 so far boy it could be a good one this year about time. O joy its snowing like a banchy ground is white again. geuss ill see if the sap is running looks like sugar snow.

[Thad Blaisdell]

Up to 2300 now.... another 50-60 already to go and the sap will start running around 1pm today and go straight for about 36 hours.....

[spud]

Up to 2300 now.... another 50-60 already to go and the sap will start running around 1pm today and go straight for about 36 hours.....

Thad,

I am glad things are looking good for you. How many gallons do you hope to make this year? Are you happy with the CVs?

Spud

[Thad Blaisdell]

I am using check valves and the new CDL "Y" spouts, about a 50/50 mix, I call them neck and neck at the moment. The check valves are all on new pipe and line, the "Y" spouts are on 2nd year line. I have had much fewer leaks on check valve lines than the "Y" taps.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

25.5 gal of syrup to date 4-6-11 9:49PM EST.
collected 60 gal today, hope for same tomorrow plus a buddy is bringing all his sap to me tomorrow(how much I don't know).
GOT WOOD?

[TapME]

Update; hit 60 looking for 70

[peacemaker]

90 gals this year ....

[Fred Henderson]

You guys are killing me! I'm north of WRJ, I've got ~100 on buckets and have pulled down a whopping 3 gal. Now the buckets are all on "woods trees" that are on a north facing slope but I've yet to see a good run this whole year.

Maybe Wed.

My tree location is exactly why I am getting out of it. If I make my sugarhouse into a 1 brdroom cabin in the woods and rent it by the week I will make more than selling syrup and get a tax write off to boot. The funds from selling my equipment will be invested back into remoldeling.

[whalems]

115 gallons this year on 600 gravity taps. was hopeing for more but the weather didnt cooperate. either to cold then it would get warm and not freeze at night. But all in all a very good first year on a real evaporator.

[maple connection]

150 gallons as of today, cooking tomorrow and hopefully Saturday. I would like to get 50 gallons more. The weather looks pretty warm from here on out with 65 degree weather with thunderstorms for Sunday.

[lakeview maple]

Made 14 gallons total on 110 gravity taps and 26 buckets ,had a great year for the first time ,cant wait until next,wooohooo add another 100 on gravity and see what happens ,thanks to all here on Maple trader for your help and info,see you this summer maybe in the blueberry patch.God bless ,Al

[Thad Blaisdell]

Made 200 today..... all fancy. Over 2700 now

[Randy Brutkoski]

Made 150 gallons in the last 2 days. At just about 1400 gallons. If the sugar wasnt 1.2% all year i would of made so much more.

[RileySugarbush]

Just finished and pulled taps to the sound of peepers!

27 gallons. An ok yield for us, but far from a record.

[Brian Ryther]

1,200 so far. All grade "A" except for one barrell of "B". Good freeze last night. Few more days left.

[maplecrest]

3600 all light and med. hope to make some darker syrup to fill orders

[PETE FELCH]

went passed 4200 this morning on 18000 taps. Had our best run yesterday making 560 gal iof syrup in 12 hours. The weather said no freeze overnite , boy they nailed that forcast got down to 24 should be a good day today.So far all syrup has been med and light

[sugarhouse veiw farm]

415 so far hopping for some today good freeze last night

[talahi maple products]

around 75 so far. all tanks are full, nice freeze last night 50 degrees today,Wife is boiling while I'm @ work today, should crest 100 before the weekend is over

[sugarhouse veiw farm]

480 galls i guess im all done darn it. Next year is comming.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

25.5 gal of syrup to date 4-6-11 9:49PM EST.
collected 60 gal today, hope for same tomorrow plus a buddy is bringing all his sap to me tomorrow(how much I don't know).
GOT WOOD?

24 pints, 1 qt of dark amber
8 qt of B
little more B or some C to can

[Thad Blaisdell]

Just shy of 4500......and going to boil later. Sap is still coming in made fancy last night.

[mapleack]

Just shy of 4500......and going to boil later. Sap is still coming in made fancy last night.

Fancy on April 18th. Wow. You're closing in on .5 gpt, gotta have a smile on your face right?

[DrTimPerkins]

Last boil was on Friday, April 15. Season total was 1,852.5 gallons of syrup on 2,707 taps for 0.68 gal syrup/tap (or 7.5 lbs per tap if you prefer it that way). Could have made plenty more...sap is still running...but it turned buddy in our biggest section of woods (about 30% red maple), so we shut off the pumps.

Research planning for next year begins now.

[spud]

Last boil was on Friday, April 15. Season total was 1,852.5 gallons of syrup on 2,707 taps for 0.68 gal syrup/tap (or 7.5 lbs per tap if you prefer it that way). Could have made plenty more...sap is still running...but it turned buddy in our biggest section of woods (about 30% red maple), so we shut off the pumps.

Research planning for next year begins now.

Dr. Tim

Is there anything on the market that would remove the buddy flavor of late season syrup? It kinda stinks to have to pull spouts when the sap is still running good. That's great making .68 per tap. If we could fix the buddy flavor issue you might get .80 I look forward to reading all your new studies. Your active participation on this site is a great asset for all sugarmakers.

Spud

[Thad Blaisdell]

Fancy on April 18th. Wow. You're closing in on .5 gpt, gotta have a smile on your face right?

All I can think is what if it had run here when everybody else was making syrup. 9 days in a row it never ran here, We were off 2 degrees almost every day. Oh well still a great year. A lot of missteps and a couple of thousand gallons of sap dumped here or there and after tonight I will be over 4600

[DrTimPerkins]

Is there anything on the market that would remove the buddy flavor of late season syrup?

There was a lot of work done on this decades ago. Some progress made by diluting then fermenting with a certain type of yeast and reprocessing (boiling) to syrup. Another way was via ion exchange (illegal). Short answer is no...there isn't any quick and easy or legal way to fix the problem of buddy syrup. Making it into sugar will remove some of the flavor.