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I have made three batches of the “maple wine”. The third, last years batch has been the best so far. I label them “maples mark” and “sugarbush surprise” (tm pending)

Biggest problem has been what...

Yes. This will be my third year.

First year I did two 5 gallon batches with partially boiled sap. Boiled down to the sugar concentration needed to max out the alcohol potential of the yeast...

Mike,

It depends on how many taps, and what you have available to you both in material and time.

Turkey fryers work, so do bonfires and cheap pans from Walmart (which is how I started). I...

Ok two questions for the masses:
1) anyone else have high sugar content this year?
2) what causes caramel or butter scotch (according to my wife) flavor in finished syrup?

I did two boils this...

Hey, regarding the wine making, if he is already setup to make traditional wines or meads the process will be very easy.

I made two recipes last year, differing only because I was attempting a...

Today marks the start of my second season making maple syrup. I'm small time as this is really just a good way to enjoy early spring for me.

I put my 12 taps out on 10 trees.

I also started ...