Scorched Pan and the Syrup- Now what ?

[Maplesapper]

Can you blend great syrup with scorched syrup tp help reduce the flavour of the scorch
OR
Do we have to pitch it ?

[maple flats]

I should likely only be sold as commercial. Sorry. If you blend it with "really great syrup" you will then have more for commercial.
Just clean the pans and if you are still getting sap, start again.
It is very risky to blend very good syrup with sub par syrup, There is one remote possibility, convert it to sugar, The heat is so hi sometimes that can take poor syrup to a decent product.

[Maplesapper]

Thanks for the advice
The woods are full of sap- so I like the idea of starting again.

Left a lump in my throat once the pans scorched up but luckily we saved the pan.

[Bucket Head]

Yes, like Dave said, clean up the pan and move on. Ruined syrup is ruined syrup. A ruined pan is another story.
It's easy to get more sap. Getting a new pan, not so much! Good save.

Steve

[Sunday Rock Maple]

Welcome to the club!

My Dad always said there are two kinds of sugarmakers, those who have scorched the pan and liars

:)

[Maplesapper]

YAHOOO--- Nice call Dad !! LMAO

[Ed R]

I did it once. Saved just the near syrup and finished it and put it in a gallon jug in my fridge. Wrote "scorched coffee syrup" on it so the kids wouldn't get confused. It worked great for that. Lasted a couple of years.

[Brian]

I never have burned a pan and have been doing it for 35 years. My father told me about burning pans and to never leave them alone. I have a bucket of water next to the evaporator and that has saved me more times than I can count. I call it my OH **** BUCKET, but it don't take much water to cut the sugar and slow things down.

[BAP]

Welcome to the club!

My Dad always said there are two kinds of sugarmakers, those who have scorched the pan and liars

:)
Your Dad was correct with that, plus, if you haven’t burned a pan, then you aren’t pushing your evaporator hard enough.

[Brian]

I made 5, 40 gallon drums in 3 hrs last night on a 4x12, 8 foot drop flue, 4 foot front pan and one float. With 20% concentrate at an inch deep running so when you turn off the evaporator the flues are bare or barely covered. I run a carlin 701 with A 5 gallon low fire nozzle and 7 high fire nozzle with the pump psi set at 140 and run a stack temp of 580 F to 625F depending on the barmetric pressure with no barmetric damper so that = 15 gallons of oil per hour. And yes I built the evaporator from scratch and it is custom. I do have custom Thor Pans on it Because Leader didn't want to build them the pans were desinged by my cousin Thad Blaisdell.

[Paul01036]

Welcome to the club!

My Dad always said there are two kinds of sugarmakers, those who have scorched the pan and liars

:)

Love it!! Your Dad was correct. I did the same thing last year. they say never leave it alone and what do I do, leave it alone for only a few minutes. Its official now, you are a syrup maker, welcome to the club.

[mol1jb]

Unfortunately pitch it. Scorched syrup mixed with good syrup will ruin the good syrup.

[Maplesapper]

Made 7 gallons today and almost forgot about the pan.
Amazing how a good sap flow erases the brain