Shark fin? The metal ones? I have 20 you can have for postage. I also have 10 of the 7/16 metal bucket hanger taps.
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Shark fin? The metal ones? I have 20 you can have for postage. I also have 10 of the 7/16 metal bucket hanger taps.
Brad, I'm your neighbor to the west. Did you tap yet? I'm still holding off for better weather. These weekly storms are kicking my butt. I've made syrup until April 21st before so I'm not giving...
My customers appreciate the fact that I am fussy. I have a no questions asked replace or refund rule and I never had a complaint. I wanted to know if I was tasting niter before I filtered. I was. ...
Good to know I'm not excessively fussy. Customers appreciate it too. Thanks!
That's interesting cuz my wife said she got a taste on the side of her tongue "kind of like metallic ".
When I'm filtering after getting my syrup to the right density I take a sample in a small glass cup and let it cool while I pour my syrup through the filter. I like syrup at room temp and my wife...
How does the electric wheelbarrow work in the snow. I collect into 5 gal jugs on a sled. Works fine until now when the snow turns to slush. Just thinking cuz it would definitely anger my sweetie.
My pan sits on angle iron rails with gaskets. It never gets hot enough to burn but stays just a little bit warmer. Really helped before I had my shack and the cold winds blew. I had my 2 x 4 pan...
I recessed mine. Seemed to make sense at the time to keep the pan hotter and I'm glad I did. Where in WI are you?
I've thought of a whole house filter. They are not that expensive and replacement filters are cheap and come in a three pack. I could have bucket of warm water standing by to de-ice filters if they...
Is there such a thing as an ice filter? I use a 12V sureflow to pump sap about 400 ft. from a tank to my evaporator. I can't even see the ice in the sap. I put the intake hose in the bottom of the...
I'm wondering if only the excess sugar precipitates to the bottom? I scraped some out thinking they would be maple flavor bombs but the crystals had little maple flavor and were as hard as rock. ...
I have a bottle of syrup I kept in the fridge for a while that has a half inch of crystals in the bottom. IS that the excess sugar because I made it to thick and is the remainder the correct pct....
I have an old cooler in my woods that I put my pump and battery in at night. I can pump at least 200 gal 8 ft. up for 400 ft. over the course of 3 to 5 days depending on sap flow before I need a...
Cottonwood has zero resistance to decay. If you have good ventilation on the inside year round it would be good but otherwise you might get mildew on the wood. Cotton wood was used a lot on the...
Thanks for the replies guys. I did treat it as metabolic to enhance the flavor and darken it. It worked great although it isn't fun watching the pot slowly rise to 240 degrees. It turned a nice...
Thinking of taking it up to 240 degrees and then adding water to proper density like if it had a metabolic flavor. According to that report doing so darkens the syrup and can enhance the flavor. ...
I can my syrup in 2 qt. jars after making sure the brix is spot on and its filtered. Then I will bottle it as need be at later dates. Worked fine in the past. This year I made a lot of light...
How much snow have you gotten so far? You're having a good season. Mine hasn't been so good. Only 5 gal. so far. Want to get back up there Saturday but that depends on the snow.. My season...
For the others in the Winter area, how is your syrup tasting? Boiled again on the 30th and made metabolic syrup again. Took it to 240 degrees two times to get that flavor out and the syrup was...
Bought a new sap hydrometer and it said I had 60 gal. of 3.4 sap in my tank. Never had that high. Hope the hydrometer is accurate. But I did get 2 gal. of very metabolic syrup. Hope it clears up....
I was very pleased with my sap sugar content this year and it's reassuring to know it wasn't reading high due to colder sap.
Both my partner and I agree the boil rate goes down as the syrup...
In looking at my sap vs. syrup totals I came to some questions so I ask those who know.
My sap hydrometer is calibrated at 38*F. A lot of my readings were taken mornings with ice in the tank, I...
Austin, Just got back from the cabin. Thursday was nuts. Don't have enough wood left to do another big boil. Boiled Thur., Fri., and Sat. Way to end the season with a bang. If I had internet at...
Well I'm going to try to get to the sugar bush this afternoon. Austin I hope your 12 inches of snow is close. My land is at the end of a mile long dead end. I will put chains on. Hope to get two...