Schenectady-Albany-Saratoga Counties

What a run! We got enough of a freeze here to get nearly non-stop sap production right through to yesterday afternoon, which was just long enough to afford a visit from my Dad so the kids could collect some buckets with him.

All and all I've batch boiled down to nearly 15 gallons of syrup in 3 different batches, which needs to be filtered and tested but that is a huge jump in yield for us compared to past years. I also have another 40 gallons of super concentrate I need to decide how to handle, I may just take it as far as I can on the RO and then do one "kettle" batch over propane.

I think the season is done for us more than likely, checking taps today showed some cloudy sap and little yield. It then rained most of the afternoon and does not appear to be freezing anytime in the coming days. Much like the rest of this crazy last year or so, this was sort of a strange season but still enjoyable and exciting to be doing syrup at our new place.

View of my last boil, it was an incredible time to be outside and enjoying this great hobby:

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Originally Posted by ADK_XJ

What a run! We got enough of a freeze here to get nearly non-stop sap production right through to yesterday afternoon, which was just long enough to afford a visit from my Dad so the kids could collect some buckets with him.

All and all I've batch boiled down to nearly 15 gallons of syrup in 3 different batches, which needs to be filtered and tested but that is a huge jump in yield for us compared to past years. I also have another 40 gallons of super concentrate I need to decide how to handle, I may just take it as far as I can on the RO and then do one "kettle" batch over propane.

I think the season is done for us more than likely, checking taps today showed some cloudy sap and little yield. It then rained most of the afternoon and does not appear to be freezing anytime in the coming days. Much like the rest of this crazy last year or so, this was sort of a strange season but still enjoyable and exciting to be doing syrup at our new place.

View of my last boil, it was an incredible time to be outside and enjoying this great hobby:

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Great Pics!

I just checked the trees for the first time in a couple days...nothing going, not even rain water in there. I fear we're probably done given it's been nearly 70 three days in a row now.

I pulled 50 taps and just finished giving my collection tanks a good cleaning. I’ll set them out again if the remaining trees I have tapped hold on longer and the sap flows. It looks like a week from now we’ll return to decent sap weather.
I’m not giving up hope yet. Too short of a season this year if I quit now!

Stoweski, I am just up the hill from you and have no plans of throwing in the towel either.

You guys are dedicated! Pulling the rest of my buckets and taps tomorrow and starting the cleaning process. Still have 8-9 gallons to bottle as well. When it gets this warm, I am ready to move onto other chores!

My FIL in Ballston Lake pulled the few taps he has earlier this week (just 10). I like the “ultra dark” stuff so I go as long as possible. Next week it’s supposed to drop down below freezing for a bit so we’ll see what happens. If I don’t see a good run I’ll grow the skis on the roof and head north for the week! I don’t quit on skiing either! ��

Finished the season with 15 gallons. Not bad considering for a while it was looking like I'd be lucky to hit double digits. Only thing left to clean is the evaporator and that'll be it for the season!

I made 7 gallons and have used my wood resources for the year. I could dig into the firewood for the house or get some pallets to bust up, but right now I'm sitting idle waiting to see what happens. I dumped the ugly stuff out of all my buckets this morning but didn't pull them. Mostly out of curiosity. I think I'm done......BUT...... Maybe not?


I made labels this year. I'm having trouble uploading decent sized pictures though. the tagline is "An inch too short never tasted so sweet!" (burning lots of wood from my furniture making)

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Pete

Great looking bottles!