As promised, here is the video of my evaporator in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2H76Q_2WaE
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As promised, here is the video of my evaporator in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2H76Q_2WaE
Got 36 oz. bottled, collected 50 gallons total. I boiled about 10 gallons tonight, will finish it tomorrow. Need more boiling capacity. Looking forward to collecting more.
Nice Video! I like that Home-made brick arch! Good Job!
Thanks Don. I have 48 oz. bottled so far. Collected 20 gallons tonight! Boiling as we speak. I'm picking up another steam table pan tomorrow. Going to be boiling all weekend! Hope I have enough dry wood.
Great run the past couple days, Thursday collected 20 gallons, Friday collected 14 gallons. Boiled down about 40+ gallons today. Didn't quite get to a finished product, but really close. Hoping to have a gallon of finished syrup. Battled damp wood today, but my homemade arch is doing good. I added another steam table pan, so I've doubled my capacity, and it made a huge difference.
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Nice looking Sryup! Good job!
Thanks Don. I finished off what I boiled Saturday tonight and I have 2 quarts, and it is DARK! Almost like molasses! But very sweet with a hint of smoke (but in a good way). I have about 25 gallons of sap left in the barrel. The jugs on the trees have all been frozen the past few days, so we'll collect again in a few days. I'm going to commence boiling tomorrow.
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No action yet! Everything is still frozen up. I haven't been boiling either. Saturday will be a big day!!
No flow here yet either. Jason what do you filter with after boiling?
Right now I sift out debris with a small sieve, then when I get the sap close enough to do the final finishing, I filter through a cheese cloth lined strainer. Then after it reaches syrup stage, I let the sand and sediment settle out, and then carefully pour off the good stuff, gently reheat to 180, then bottle. It's tedious but it works. Next year I'll have to figure out some way to filter. With as much sap as I'm collecting, I will need to be more efficient boiling and getting to a final product.