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DonMcJr
03-30-2013, 01:25 AM
Here's Batch Number 5 and Bright and Early in the Morning I get to start Batch #6...

Wasn't Syrup til 221 F and water rolling boil was 210.7 F...

This batch was 1 gallon 110 oz for a YTD total of 7 Gallons, 50 oz!
shane hickey
03-30-2013, 01:50 AM
Lookin good Don I would show you mine but Dont know how to do pictures on here
DonMcJr
03-30-2013, 01:52 AM
Thanks Shane! Man is this year WAY better than last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:
shane hickey
03-30-2013, 02:49 AM
Yeah it sure is 3 barrels left then I'm filling bulk tanks cant get anymore till next week sometime I bought everything sugar bush had
dufftj
03-30-2013, 06:02 AM
Hey don,
Looks like some great syrup.My sap started to boil hard at 210.5 too but didn't float the hydro till around 222 df...I'm thinking either my probe on a cable is bad or the battery needs to be changed, I think its the original and probably more then 5 years old...

Tim
MapleLady
03-30-2013, 07:29 AM
That's some nice looking syrup! Sounds like your trees are working over-time over there! :D
Run Forest Run!
03-30-2013, 08:18 AM
I'm impressed Don. Very impressed.
TerryEspo
03-30-2013, 08:56 AM
Looks great, adding up for sure. I too am getting enough to keep me happy and will admit if it stops for a day or two I would be fine with that.

Thanks for sharing.

Terry
joshxxl
04-01-2013, 06:29 AM
Looking great. I to get a rolling boil at 210/11 and hydrometer says its syrup at 221. It's funny I argue with my dad every time we finish boil. He wants to pull it off when it reaches 219. I jest tell him nope. He then gets dramatic and tells me if we burn it I'm buying all of it. Going foreword I'm hiding the thermometer:)
TerryEspo
04-01-2013, 09:57 AM
Thats funny Josh,,,,Hiding the thermometer !!

Reading that made me smile.

Terry
RobbieH
04-01-2013, 10:03 AM
Very nice looking syrup. I was thinking about getting syrup bottles for next year, rather than using jars. Where do you get yours? I like how you do your own labels. Is that some kind of kit that comes with the bottles, where you can print out and apply your labels to the bottles?
DonMcJr
04-01-2013, 06:08 PM
I order the Bottles and Labels from a local supplier Sugarbush Supplies in Mason, MI. The Maples Guy that sponser this site I think have them too... http://mapleguys.com/index.php?category=15

A supplier in NY would probally have a better seclection of NY Labels and Jugs if you do an internet search...