Schenectady-Albany-Saratoga Counties

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Originally Posted by crzypete

It's been a good season so far. Hard to believe we are still in February. I have made 4 gallons so far which is almost half of last years output, and there is still sap that is needing to be boiled. Going to max out my firewood reserves for sure!

Pete

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congrats! Yeah, it's been a great start here, too!

Finishing my first big batch from the weekend, looking like about 3-4 gallons!

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Originally Posted by crzypete

It's been a good season so far. Hard to believe we are still in February. I have made 4 gallons so far which is almost half of last years output, and there is still sap that is needing to be boiled. Going to max out my firewood reserves for sure!

Pete

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I hear ya! We're going to do our second bottling this weekend which should put us at 13 gallons so far for the season. We typically average about 18 gallons, some due to mother nature some due to us getting tired and calling it a season when it get toward the end of March. What an awesome run it's been for February though! Glad to see some snow tonight, just doesn't feel the same collecting and boiling with no white stuff on the ground

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Originally Posted by ADK_XJ

Finishing my first big batch from the weekend, looking like about 3-4 gallons!

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Looking great ADK_XJ!

Weather sure is funny,we are way ahead of last yr,1st boil was march11-431 gal syrup- this year feb 13 made 145 gal already-hoping for a great season

Filtered everything down and bottled, by far the cleanest syrup I've ever made (i.e. virtually nothing gunking up the filter cone) and came out a beautiful copper color for this first run. My family all agreed it was the best tasting we've ever had from our own trees, very buttery:

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Originally Posted by sugarman3

Weather sure is funny,we are way ahead of last yr,1st boil was march11-431 gal syrup- this year feb 13 made 145 gal already-hoping for a great season

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If the weather pattern continues it should be a good year, warm cold every other week. We've been lucky enough to make almost half of what we did last year already.

Bottled 5 gallons today, put us at 11.5 gallons so far for the year.

Havent had any sap since 2/22 but am glad i tapped on the 9th as i made just over 7 gallons of Amber on my 45 taps which isnt too shabby. I finished off the sweet in my divided pans and cleaned the pans up, was starting to get a lot of bubbles towards the end in the my syrup channel which i always assumed to be because of niter buildup. Trees are looking like they will stay frozen for a while and we finally have some decent snow for snowmobiling, so im not complaining. Curious to see how the rest of the year goes and if i feel inclined to put out some pales on drops to up my season totals.

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Originally Posted by The Heldeberg Sapper

Havent had any sap since 2/22 but am glad i tapped on the 9th as i made just over 7 gallons of Amber on my 45 taps which isnt too shabby. I finished off the sweet in my divided pans and cleaned the pans up, was starting to get a lot of bubbles towards the end in the my syrup channel which i always assumed to be because of niter buildup. Trees are looking like they will stay frozen for a while and we finally have some decent snow for snowmobiling, so im not complaining. Curious to see how the rest of the year goes and if i feel inclined to put out some pales on drops to up my season totals.

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I'll say, considering the average season yield per tap is like .25-.35 gallons, you're doing great.