Tanks are clean, releaser's are clean, looks like I could get a few freezes this week and possibly some snow. This is the last Of it for sure. Going to try and make it to Saturday.
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Tanks are clean, releaser's are clean, looks like I could get a few freezes this week and possibly some snow. This is the last Of it for sure. Going to try and make it to Saturday.
Well I am all done collecting sap, it is still trickling in but it has been so warm the last few days that it is more or less spoiled when it gets to the releaser. I will boil out my rig tonight, should end up with 195 gallons. It was A quick season here 4 weeks I think.
I'm glad that you had a good season. How was the grade? Mine was mostly dark with some borderline very dark. It's the first time that I haven't made any golden or amber since 2013.
I made mostly Dark syrup, I think that I made 25 gallons of Amber rich at the beginning of the season. I was running my front pan shallower at the beginning of the season and I think that helped me make lighter syrup. But I had a draw with my new new auto draw that at one point I could literally see some stainless on the bottom of the pan and I decided that I needed to run it a little deeper. As soon as I did that I went to Dark grade. It could be a coincidence, but last year I was only able to make 10 gallons of Amber Rich so I suppose I did improve.
Made near 50 gallons of Very Dark. But that's ok , I think the Dark stuff sells better anyway. To me the Golden Syrup is more useful as syrup to make a value added product. Very few people ask for it anymore. I guess being Fancy ain't as Cool as it used to be.
I'm your dark syrup guy!
Sounds like you had a good season for how short it was. How does your total compare to previous years?
That's the most syrup I have made , but it was also the most taps I have had out, as far as syrup per tap it wasn't great. I had a year a few years back that I made 120 gallons on 300 taps w/o Vacuum. I had 725 this year. Maybe next year I'll get to 1000.
Well here we are 2021, the world is Upside down but here in Chatham Nothing has changed, I still strive "lol" to be the last one tapped and this year will be no different.
The Arch is in the middle of a rebuild, I haven't tapped a tree, can't keep up with syrup orders, and last week I went Snowmobili g in the County. I think I can be ready to boil by Tuesday. Good luck to ya'all with your seasons.
It's good to hear from you again Nate. If things up there are like they are down here you haven't missed anything yet.
Good luck with 2021!
Always good to have a little fun before the season kicks off, eventually it will be here. I just started tapping yesterday so you aren't too far behind me. Glad the weather is colder for the weekend, it bought me some time to get stuff ready. Hope it's a good season up in Chatham. I will likely be heading up to check on my property, perhaps I'll stop by and say hello.