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Maybe I should just mix it with some lighter syrup

Just wondering if there was a certain number that you stop at when selling dark syrup. It seems to me when you get down to 11 the syrup is sweet, but I do not notice the maple flavor as much. ...

Did the sap run last night in Chenango County if you were on Natural vacuum?

I am getting a build up in the draw of section of my syrup pan and have had to clean it off after each of the last two boils. Yesterday there was quite a bit of niter in the flu pan, but I did not...

Thank you for your replies. We will see how it goes today.

The niter build up has been so bad that I have had to clean the syrup pan two days in a row. I usually may clean in once during the season. Am I doing something wrong? Am I approaching the end...

Our well water seems pretty good. I have filtered out rust with the spin down filter.

My last batch of syrup had an off taste. I threw out the remainder of the syrup that was in the evaporator. My taps do not seem to be running well, so I am thinking that they are drying up( they...

I bottle syrup by hand and at times I have a few foamy bubbles at the top of the container so the foam runs down the side of the bottle when I fill the jug and I have clear the bubbles to see if I...

Is there a preference for a propane heating element or an electric heating element for a smoky lake steam canner? Are there any drawbacks to one over the other?

I was not sure if we needed a finishing pan, canner or filter press. It sounds like I can wait on the filter press. We do filter coming off the rig and then I have filtered again when I bottled the...

Can you just keep adding finished syrup to the drum?

We have 325 taps on natural vacuum. We have a 30"x8' evaporator and a 200gph RO. We try to take the syrup off the evaporator either right on or a little heavy. We have to finish bottling and...

Looking to build a sugar house and I was informed that I could not get a tax break if we were only a hobby producer. It seems like I am working too hard for it to just be a hobby. We made about 40...

I bought a RO and made light syrup. It registered 72 on my Hanna digital grader. It does not have enough maple flavor for me. I will try to make a little darker syrup in the future. Is there a...

I have a 0-50 thermometer that the reset lever came off today. Does the thermometer come apart? Is it able to be repaired? It does not look like a thread on the lever stem.

We have about 300 taps on natural vacuum. We are located in Greene,NY. The current weather forecast for Sunday through Wednesday has highs in the upper 30's to low 40's. Should we be tapping now...

We did not get a sugar house built and we tore down the building that we boiled in last year. We moved the evaporator to a large Pole barn(metal) and yesterday we put the stack up straight for a...

Thanks for all the useful information. I empty at the end of the day because we are in a cold unheated pole barn. I am nervous about the evaporator freezing. I would feel a little better about...

We have just purchased an RO and have never used one before. I read that concentrate spoils much quicker than sap. How do you manage to boil all of your concentrate for the day? I will need to...

I had to call a lot of places, but I finally found a 100 gallon Behlan Country tank at Martin's equipment near Penn Yan, NY. This was 15 miles from my brother so he is picking it up. Thanks for all...

I am looking for an inexpensive head tank that is food grade. Any suggestions?

When looking on the internet I came across this post.
If this helps anyone, I wrote to Rubbermaid about bpa and...

I messed up already. I guess we were looking at the 200H model with the two 4" membranes, 3/4 hp pressure pump and 1/2 hp recirculation pump. We have 300 taps on natural vacuum right now and I...

I was looking at the small MemPro 350H machine at Verona. Any thoughts or concerns about Memprotec machines? I see a couple of years ago there was concern about support if you needed it. Are...

I attended that presentation and I wanted to ask him if I tapped trees in the last 30 feet of drop would it affect the vacuum on the top taps. I know the taps on the last 30 feet of drop will have...