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Of course pride may be the largest factor in "good" taste of maple syrup. It's a homemade food that takes a lot of energy, perseverance, and pride to produce. Being used to a particular taste is...

Other than posts on buddy or off flavor syrups, I haven't seen discussions on how to make syrup taste better or what it is that makes the best tasting syrup.

I've tasted a fair amount of retail...

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There are a lot of old myths about the full moon. The moon's effect is psychological, it's a memory exclamation point. Easy to see, easy to notice, the full moon becomes a marker for memory. Anything...

Red maples produce syrup that tastes a little different than sugars. Personally I think a mix of sugars and reds has the best taste of all. You're wasting fine tasting maple syrup if you don't tap...

I tap both sugar and red maple, about 50/50. One year I separated the sap and boiled separately. My red maple syrup was nuttier and had a more lingering mouth feel. My sugar maple was less nutty and...

I do exactly the same, freeze my syrup after filtering in half gallon mason jars. I bottle properly in plastic just before shipping or selling it retail. Freezing keeps it perfectly, no lowering of...

Sap is my favorite thirst quencher during the work of sap season. In summer it's absolutely delicious, maple mineral water supreme. I'm surprised no one has bottled sap in season and sold it the year...

Thank you Chris. The weather has been helping keep my frustration level down, since it's been too cold to do anything in the bush. And this week doesn't look all that much better. Perhaps the rest of...

I keep my best maple tree's sap for drinking during the season. If it freezes in the bucket, sometimes what doesn't freeze is actually medium dark and oh so sweet. I've always tossed the ice in...

Both Sortilege, made in Quebec, and Sapling, made in Vermont are whiskey infused with maple syrup. The proportions, as mentioned above, are three parts whiskey, any whiskey, and I part maple syrup....

Go with the 5/16. I've got 600' of 5/16 with T's and taps all along it. The inside diameter is greater than the 3/16 some are using. Going any larger will lose much potential for gravity vacuum.

I have a long, about 600' run on 5/16 tubing with trees along the entire length. It's the border stonewall along my long driveway, with some trees in the bush along with those along the wall....

I'm done for the year. Boiling yesterday I detected the faint nose of bud. The syrup had no bud taste, but I sniffed it during the boiling. I'll never forget the last batch of last year, the buddy...

A real fine liquer can be made using a nice 12 year old single malt Scotch. The ratio is 3/4 malt, 1/4 syrup. Goes down very nicely, almost dangerously. This is better than Sortilege or Sapling. For...

I freeze all my syrup in glass half gallon mason jars also. If it is not made to the proper brix as measured by a hydrometer, it can have ice in it. Near syrup will have ice crystals, sheets, or...

I wash my filters in the washing machine, as Shawn does. I do rinse out the bulk of niter in the kitchen sink using my sprayer. In the washing machine I use the gentle cycle, water only. No, it does...

Here in the far north of Vermont I have red maples and sugar maples in about equal proportion. To identify, look at the buds. Red maples are blunt and fat, almost looking ready to burst. Sugar maples...

The absolutely best way to store syrup is in the freezer. The best storage vessel is glass. I've read tests that show plastic container storage has the side effect of lowering the grade and taste...

My arch was made from a used oil tank, but not a 275 gal, a bigger one, 325 I think. It's the same height and width, but longer than the standard 275. I have two pans in it. I cut out for the pans...

I tapped during the last January thaw and got a little sap. The syrup was real nice tasting. Yesterday and the day before the sap was running really well. Boiled last night and today. Very nice run....

I'm in northern Vermont, four miles from the Quebec border and I had a really nice run yesterday, boiled last night and today. Syrup is dark amber and very nice tasting. This is the second run I've...

I have several 400' runs, 30 to 50 taps on them.

I bring a propane torch with me when making connections in the field. It is a push button torch, push the button and it sparks and lights automatically. Use the flame to heat the end of the tubing...

Sorry, double post.