BEER POLL,,,Please Lemmee know ???

[TerryEspo]

I thought this would be a funny one to show my wife to let her see I am not alone.....Hope I,m not alone.

Who has a beer while slaving away with the sap and syrup chores. I don,t mean a total drunk and not everytime, but usually a beer or two may disappear during the boil or whenever ??

Maybe if you reply we can just have each post add eith a YES or NO with the numbers, that way we don,t have to read every post.

Example would be,,,if your the 8th post,,, you may see YES 4 and NO 3,,,then post yours add 1 to yes or no. Yes 5 No 3 for example.

Hope that makes sense !!

Here goes...... Yes 1 No 0

Next.....

[farmer12071]

yes 2 and sometimes i give 1 to my dog when hes laying around the sugar house so would that be 3yes to 0 no

[wnybassman]

Yes 2 No 1

I like (love) beer, but I would be useless in a hurry if I tried syruping while having one or six.

[lfdiaff]

Yes 3 No 1

[gbwez]

Yes 4 No 1

Would have a couple of beers more often than not. Last night we tried a rum toddy made with half boiled sap. Very nice.

[spud]

Yes 4 No 2

I don't drink at all. Although I would love a beer at times I have 7 children watching everything I do. If they see daddy as a drinker then they would be more likely to drink someday also. I guess i'm just a boring sugar maker.

Spud

[Russell Lampron]

Yes ? Depends on how many are in the sugar house at the time. No 0.

We at Red Roof Maples have found that a "Boiling Soda" goes good with hot maple syrup.

[WI Sugarpop]

Yes 5 No 3
Don't drink

[SSFLLC]

Yes 6 No 3 Maybe once or twice a season I'll have 1. Keith
Yes 7 No 3 Michelle will also have maybe 1 through out the season.

[MartinP]

Yes 8 No 3

[maplemonkey68]

Yes 9 No 3
My dog has a few also, he said he's going to rehab after the season though.

[lastwoodsman]

No beer
Brandy highball in a big tumbler

Woodsman

[Tweegs]

Yes? No 4.

Seldom drink.
I do enjoy the occasional beer from the tap, but never mix alcohol while playing with expensive stuff, things that get hot, or things that go “Boom!”

[TunbridgeDave]

Yes 10 (counting the Brandy Highball) No 5
There's too much to keep track of to start drinkin'. Caffine is more appropriate! In a smaller operation I can see it, but I hardly have a chance to sit down.

[Pibster]

Yes 11, No 5

[UNDRBLLY]

yes, a thousand times yes 12 no 5

[Rugburn]

Yes 13 No 5

As Keith Stone says,"always smooth".

[SDdave]

OF course.

Yes 14 No 5

[LawnSite]

B I N G O Yes 14 No 5

[LawnSite]

Opps Guess I had 1 to early....It's Yes 15 No 5

[mapleack]

Yes 16 No 5

[rinert]

yes 17 no 5
more if some one stops to "help"

[TerryEspo]

LOL,,,I love some of the funny comments that come with the votes. Some of them are so true !!

It makes me smile everytime I come to Maple Trader and read some of the funny one liners !!

Thanks Guys !!

[eustis22]

Yes 18 No 5

If God didn't want us to drink beer, why did He make it taste so good?

[red maples]

yes 19 no 5

Theres nothing like a warm maple shot with an Ice cold boilin' soda chaser...followed by a sweet sap cooked hot dog!!! although this year I cut down on the boilin' sodas! I just drink too many while boilin' cause they go down so easy!!!

Adding that my choices would be in order BASS ALE, Guiness(mmmm black and tans), Yeungling(when I can get it), SAM, (also like the sam light very good for a light beer), killians, Long trail ALE, followed by anything else in that catagory! Sorry no IPA's too hoppy for me and please no Bud or Coors or the lights they are too much like being in a canoe!!! ;)

[Kngowods]

Yes 20
No 5

[BoarsNest]

Yes 21 no 5

Anything from Founders preferably something aged in maple bourbon barrels. Either "Better Half", "backwoods bastard" or "Canadian Breakfast Stout"

[sugarmangraham]

Yes 21 - no 5
When I am by myself usually no, but if the old man or any buddies are around then yes. I found 2 beers in the snow bank by the shack when the snow melted last spring. I guess the old man forgot about them. :lol:

[sugarmangraham]

oops! i guess i was a YES 22 and no 5.

[eustis22]

try Dogfish Raison D'Etre

Breckenridge vanilla Porter

[sugarin' in the hood]

Yes 23, No 5 of course it has to be noon....somewhere.

[Greyfox]

Yes 24, No 5
I don't just calculate my sap/syrup ratio, the more important questions is "how many cans to the gallon?"

[tuckermtn]

yes 25 no 5

We have a new statistic to track in our yearly production- how many 12 packs of PBR do we go through in a season and what is our beer to syrup ratio...

[rhance]

Yes 6 no 2

[chairman]

yea 26 no 5 pbr 2

[On the ledge]

yea 27 no5 My wife will actually fetch em for me

[Indiana-Jones]

27 yes, 5 no.

I like to pop a top when I first light the fire, morning noon or night. Kinda like a toast.

I have been trying to get a full time sponsor for our campfire beer drinking league for a couple of years. Anyone here have any pull at the corporate level?

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[Fishgill]

Hell ya 28 yes 5 no

[bees1st]

Hey ,wait a minute,You guys drink beer while boiling? How come nobody told me about this before!

[peckfarm]

0 whilst boiling 2-3 when after the last firing...then I go off to the neighbors where they end the night with Sugar House Shooters...so some nights we are looking at 4 but never even one when the fire is cooking, just too much to do and think about.

Yes 31 No 5

[Gary R]

Yes 32 No 5

Not as often or as much any more. Things are getting too expensive to replace:o

[Maplehobbyist]

Yes 33 No 5

My wife sometimes thinks I do this just to drink, smoke cigars and spend money. Not necessarily in that order.

[Z/MAN]

YES 34 NO 5 Boiling sap and drinking homebrew. It just doesn't get any better. LIFE IS GOOD! (Last night we started with Maple Martini's.)

[sugar ED]

yes 35 no 5 But not fond of beer, So the Captain Morgin at the helm of the ark here ,Oh I mean arch .

[sugarsand]

Yes 36 No 5
Yes I found that a couple beers helps to cut all that sugar from the large amount of sampling I seem to do.

[hammer460]

Yes 37 No 5
What else is there for dinner?????

[lafite]

yes 38 no 5

[eustis22]

Hey ,wait a minute,You guys drink beer while boiling? How come nobody told me about this before!

oh great...now we have to kill him

well, him and those 5 No guys.

[HandsomRiver]

Beer cans to level the cinderblocks on the arch .

Just smash the can down with your foot and use a hammer to finish the shim you need !

I am anxious to see how the different types of beer cans melt !

"BEER IS BREAD".......

Yes 39

Know 5 ?

[rinert]

oh great...now we have to kill him

well, him and those 5 No guys.

hay the guys that don't drink are still having fun so cut them a brake.

[Springfield Acer]

Make it 40 for the yes column, still 5 for the "no's".
If I'm alone, I do not drink for fear of falling asleep but when there's help, a little Famous Grouse on the rocks with a Yuengling is perfect.

[warners point]

41 YES 5 NO.

I made a great Maibock the first of the year especially for sharing in the sugar shack. Sampled one a couple of days ago and no one will leave disappointed!! I also make sure to have juice boxes for when the little ones get back from helping haul sap.

[backyard sugaring]

7 course meal a 6 pack and kiebasa. Lee

[Lloyd Miller]

Yes. I have found that beer is best for cleansing the palate between samplings!

[ehausinfrats]

44 to 5. I find beer is good the whole time. But when I shutting the evaporator done for the last few hours I swith to Bourbon. Seems to calm me and loosen the joints.

ERic

[fishman]

Ya you betcha. Limit myself to 2 while over a few hours though. 46 ya 5 nay

[maine guide]

i had one today during the afternoon boil. belgian style trapist called trois pistoles. made in quebec. its thick black and 9% thats 18 proof. you don't want too much of that stuff. why one time when i was in belgium before i learned i started pounding those.......... well thats for another time. first boil with my updated system seems to be better than last time. doing the finishing as i type. I think i can boil 40 gallons a day. not quite that today cause i ran out of sap still thats way better. 27 taps 2 55 gallon barrel heater. its on in coastal maine

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[wcproctor]

47 yes 5 No

[kinalfarm]

48 yes - 5 no

[Chainsaw Baby]

48 Yes - 6 no

I don't drink beer!

But try this: half maple syrup off the finishing pan (circa 40 Brix) and half amber rum. Don't try operating heavy equipment, such as your legs, after having two...

[Maplebrook]

49 yes 6 no
I enjoy a cold brew at the end of the day, the fire has died out, the camp is quiet, the sugar moon peeking through the trees. Time to reflect...
Darren

[G-Unit]

Tell your wife you made 50 yes and 7 no. I don't let things get out of control, but do enjoy sharing an adult beverage at the shack now and then.

[TerryEspo]

I need to tell the weatherman to relax with the snow and terrible winter weather here.

My beer may go SKUNKY if I wait for the sap boiling days, no sign of me getting sap anytime soon. Full on winter days and nights lately, very cold.

I gotta go figure out another hobby to enjoy a cold beer !! Any hockey games tonight ????...:cool::cool::cool:

Thanks guys

Terry

[maple marc]

51 yes 7 no

Most important ratio in the sugar shack: numbers of beers per gallon of syrup.

[wagnerppw]

52 yes 7 no.

Usually when friends are over. Smithwicks on Sunday and a rained out race.

[NH/Pete]

53 yes 7 no

[Ren]

54 yes 7 no

Been known to enjoy a cold one now and then!

[ennismaple]

55 yes 7 no

But no more than a couple because those moments of boredom while you watch the pans boil can be replaced by moments of sheer terror when something goes wrong!

[MaplePancakeMan]

56 yes 7 no
a definite Yes... i work for a beer distributor and beer is abundant. Can't let it go to waste right hahaha

[shane hickey]

56 yes and 8 no never drank beer I act crazy enough with out it

[Clarkfield Farms]

56 yes, 9 no -- I make all my own beer, but never drink anything if there's any possibility of having to drive and the sugarhouse is at Dave's/maple flats, about 40 minutes away in good weather. I haven't tended the evaporator for Dave yet this year, though, so maybe I don't count.

As far as giving beer to your dogs -- be careful, or at least aware, that some sources claim that hops causes malignant hyperthermia in canines. It's been bandied about a great deal, some agree some disagree. As far as I'm concerned, I've seen plenty of dogs given beer and have even seen some dogs eat the spent trub containing whole hops and nothing happened to them at all, but at least two of my friends have had this happen to their dogs and they nearly lost them. Maybe it all boils down to something akin to how some people die from ingesting trace amounts of peanuts, who knows. Just an FYI.

Also, Terry -- beer is a LOT less likely to go skunky if it's not in clear or green bottles that have been exposed to sunlight, UV or flourescent lights. The only exception is Miller, they don't use hops they use hop oils and the light exposure doesn't affect hop oils.

As far as buying beer: GO OMMEGANG!!!!!!! hah! Love their stuff.... and not to far away, either.

P.S. - I think the count got screwed up someplace or two along the way. :confused: But, what do I know - I'm having a glass of one of my finest ales to date. Ahhhh.....

[DonMcJr]

56 yes 10 no

I'm Allergic to something in Beer, a Half of beer gives me a HUGE Headache!

But I do have fun in the Sugar House! LOL

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

And I never saw this poll last year? duh
57/10

[Paul VT]

58 yes 10 no
Mother in law bought me a fridge for the sugarhouse. Looked kind of empty with just defoamer in it.:lol:
Only if company shows. It would be rude to have them drink alone!

[Jmsmithy]

59 me
60 my wife
61 my neighbor
62 his wife! /10

[Ed R]

63 yes 10 no Until last boil of last year I would have been a no but I had seen this poll, it sure was hot out, and a beer sounded great so I said why not? Before long I had started my own drinking game, fire the evaporator then crack a beer. I had quite a few empties to clean up on final clean up the next day. Probably a good thing I didn't have alot of sap to boil.

[English River Maple]

Beer? Of course! Always a few...too much beer + too much company - no more sap = burnt pans or something else messed up :)

[Spile4Me]

we might have a few especially when friends show up to help:)

[TerryEspo]

Glad to see this post survived and revived, lol.

If it stays alive I will have to do a final count at the end of this years season. Picked up my ceramic blanket today and may go play around later with it. Looks like scissors will cut it, if not, for sure a utility knive.

Keep the survey alive and gimmee your vote !!:rolleyes:

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

58 yes 10 no
Mother in law bought me a fridge for the sugarhouse. Looked kind of empty with just defoamer in it.:lol:
Only if company shows. It would be rude to have them drink alone!
the wife wants me to move this into the sugar house, just dont have the room, will hold 266 bottles
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e234/poultneyfiredog18/IMG_1332.jpg

[TerryEspo]

Wow Flat:

That is a classy fridge, very nice !

Terry

[redneckcountrygirl]

BEER, did someone say BEER? my dad, uncle and i keep a beer cooler on hand while we boiling all season, yeah we have a few beers, but i have to say my dad and i are rednecks so that may exsplain that one! :) nothing like having a brewski while boiling sap, it is so relaxing, and i love the time relaxing boiling sap and having a cold one with my dad it is awesome!

[maple marc]

68 Yes 10 No
Beers are in the snow outside--natural cooler.
Amberbock--has a nice natural malty sweetness that goes with the syrup.

[CampHamp]

69 Yes - 10 No
If it's night and someone else is around, yes. Otherwise, yes.

[tom jr.]

70 yes 10 no. nothing beats boiling sodas and maple hotdogs!!

[steam maker]

71,72,73,74 yes lotsa help at the sugarhouse

[sugaringcrazy]

75 yes 10 no.
I thought it went hand in hand!

[heus]

Yes but this will be the first season boiling as a diagnosed type 2 diabetic.
76 yes 10 no

[sticbow]

77 yes 10 no, but Brandy Old Fashioned Maple Sweets are the norm for weekend boils.

[techdog]

78 yes, 10 no. Just a few with friends!

[sg5054]

79 YES, 10 NO
Ice cold IPA's, maybe a mt gay rum and hot cider.

[Yellzee]

80 yes 10 no.

(This is the only reason I started this hobby, an excuse to hang out in a warm building with friends in crappy spring weather, now they hang out and relax while I run around like a maniac!)

[PACMAN]

81 yes 10 no I only have the boiling sodas after the work is done.

[wvsugarshak]

Count me in that 82 yes 10 no. Just fyi I also brew beer with the sap instead of water make a great home brew I call Maple Cream Ale !!!!!!!!

[68bird]

Make me 83.

[Spolcik]

Make me 84. Haven't found to many things a few beers doesn't go with.

[southfork]

I will be a No, for number 11.

[Run Forest Run!]

I'm a "no" for number 12. But I consider my thermal mug of Tim Horton's coffee to be on par with beer as far as an ultra-Canadian touch while making syrup.

[PARKER MAPLE]

chaulk me up for 85 YEs plenty off cold beer storage just outsdie the front door. Or in the woodshed. In the wood shed usually happens after a few boils and theres room. Then when guest go out for beer they bring back beer and wood. Less for me to lug lol

[bigschuss]

I'm in for 86! 12 no's.

[sweeteffinsyrup]

58? yes 10 no. Always enjoy company of the lady on the moon. Just getting started beekeeping and mapling. Someday I will make my own wine and/or beer...

[sweeteffinsyrup]

SORRY! 87 yes 12 no. Needed to change thread display. Better have a "champagne" to get my head straight

[hounder]

87 yes and 13 no. Caffeine is the drink of choice at our sugarhouse.

[vermontpure]

88 yes, 13 no. I sugar as a hobby to enjoy myself and relax. A few beers never hurt anyone.

[slammer3364]

helpers and family down a few 1-2-3-4-5 you get my drift I may have a glass wine sooooo I guess 90 yes

[regor0]

91 yas!!!!!!!!!!! I'm with MAPLEHOBBYIST, cigars, beer, and Black Velvet whisky.
But I just bought a new CDL Evaproator, so NONE till I get the hang of it.

[Scribner's Mountain Maple]

92 yes... I never have more than a few and it isn't every time I boil. Mostly I keep beer at sugarhouse to motivate helpers to come!!! People are always more willing to lift a finger when they can catch a few free suds

[Springfield Acer]

93 yes but not when I'm alone. With long days after a full day at work, it's too easy to ruin a big investment. With friends attending (until the end), one or two only for me.

[Asthepotthickens]

Don't understand the whole number thing but as a Canadian I drink 24 beer per gallon of syrup made when the boys are home on weekends.

[Evets]

I guess my post would make it Yes 60

[kdawger]

yes? lost number count,
but first batch of the year 2+ cases of beer dissapeared between us.

[John Wiesner's Legacy]

yes 97? that was the only way we made any money last year, recycling aluminum.

[NirvanaFan]

yes 98 ?
no 13 ?

I don't always have one, but why not enjoy a beverage?

[Cindee]

we do a 30 pack of Keystone Light between us while cooking, waiting to collect, checking on bags....I think we need an intervention. Happy times.

[Sengelaub Farms]

Yes 99. All Our profit lies in the returnables..

[tjg]

Yes 100. We gauge our crushed cans to how much syrup we should have! 15 gals crushed cans to 100 gals syrup.

[Williamcarl]

I honestly have to say during sap season I drink more beer than I make syrup and this year I made 65 gallons of syrup , I figure that into almost a 12 to 18 pack a day from when we start tending lines and tapping to when we are done boiling the last batch .

[backcreek]

At our sugarhouse the slogan is mud sweat and beer. Have no idea how much beer is consumed during sugar season. All I know is my wife is tired of hauling away the feed sacks full of EMPTY beer cans. Life is whatever you make it. Cheers!!!!!

[Schnep's]

Yes from Minnesota.

[Sengelaub Farms]

I should add in Mi We have a 10 cent bottle deposit. That adds up pretty quick during sap season.. Hey I finally became a Fire Wood Chopper!

[TerryEspo]

HURRAY,,,,,,we beer drinkers hit over 100, majority rules !!

LOL :lol:

Just online, taking a fast break, as I am on day 4 straight of batch boiling, sap is running.

Great to hear from all that have posted hee, keep the posts coming this season.

Good luck.

Terry

[Asthepotthickens]

I drink Molson Canadian and the ratio is 6 to 1. One gallon of syrup for every 6 beer

[TerryEspo]

Great ratio, last night I made 5 lites or 1.32 gallons and had 7 Coors Light. No friends over so no big numbers, thankfuly, lol !!

Terry