We've been making it in the west coast for 10 years now & I enjoy every season. I was raised on the east coast & toured sugar bushes when I was young, even made maple syrup on my mum's kitchen stove...
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We've been making it in the west coast for 10 years now & I enjoy every season. I was raised on the east coast & toured sugar bushes when I was young, even made maple syrup on my mum's kitchen stove...
Birch does well and actually exceeds in the cooking world. We've sold lots to chefs in swanky restaurants. A little bit goes a long way as the flavours are quite concentrated. We've also been selling...
We're in our 10th year tapping birch. We started tapping last week which is the earliest we have ever done. It has always been April for our part of the world. The flow has been down a bit and we...
there are lots of threads that talk of birch syrup production. Note that it is very different than maple, & typically flows after maple & has a lower sugar content. Best of luck.
No problem doing yellow birch. Note it flows after maple and has a very low sugar content. it varies from about 80:1 to 120:1. It sells for a premium $ but is not recommended as a pancake syrup. We...
There are 2 schools of thought on plugging holes in birch. Yes and no. The yes side indicates that the tree will heal faster, yet the no side indicates that you are putting a foreign object into the...
I recall reading a scientific article in university several decades ago which compared the sugar contents of all the different maples, and sugar maple was by far the highest, but you can tap any...
spring was 2 weeks late here on the west coast as well. Not great returns this year, as the temps were quite cool, and we had moderate flows. We had to cut our season short for family reasons....
the season is over when the temperatures rise, and the sap starts to ferment. You will get some bacteria forming (orange bits in the bottom of a pail, and smells yeasty.) Typically warm temps will...
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Everything is pulled after a short season on our end due to life and priorities. Will have all cleaned & stored away for the season. The flow has been low and later than previous...
How are you finishing it? I would recommend a very low heat and just simmering. I find the higher the tems when finishing may cause this to occur. Also birch only has to be taken to 60 deg Brix which...
Maple is primarily sucrose and birch is fructose and glucose with a bit of sucrose at the start of the season. Fructose has a lower boiling temp than sucrose (birch is 100 deg c) As the sugars...
try it on planked salmon, good vanilla ice cream or mix it 50/50 with whiskey! We use it for cooking and not as a pancake syrup.
We find that heroine has to thaw1st before it will flow and will continue to flow when temps are above freezing. We've had one years when the temp dropped to - 17 deg C and it took several days for...
we find that many folks are giving it a go. We've sold numerous copies of the birch syrup procuction manual in several different countries. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but maple doesn't grow...
I find the larger trees typically produce better yields as a general rule. We typically don't tap under about 8 inches diameter. Trees are as individual as you and I, some are olympic athletes and...
We've got about 275 trees tapped now but not much for flow so far. It looks like we're a bit early, but we're off on a holiday next week so you have to make hay while the sun shines so this year will...
Game on! We tapped around 100 trees today and will put in a bunch more tomorrow. We've had interest from some micro breweries who use it in their beer making and it is getting good reviews which is a...
Game on: we put in around 100 taps today and will do another 100 + tomorrow. The temps are just warming up so the sap is starting to flow. it will be a short season for us this year due to family...
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We're shipping out a handful this week. I just talked to relatives in New Brunswick & they are still tapping...
I've put lots of info on this site under some different headings. We've written a manual on Birch syrup production & sell numerous copies all over Canada , US & europe and have been tapping since...
Well, normally this week I would be getting ready to tap our birch trees but our weather has been so cool I would anticipate that we are at least a week behind schedule. Still very cold temps and not...
Yes most definitely, all birches can be tapped but will behave differently and give you a different end product with a different end use.
You can also tap any maple, but your highest sugar content...
Any methodology you can use to remove water without heating will result in a lighter syrup. That should hopefully make your life easier as well.
Birch Syrup is as different from maple as night and day. It is a different tree, different sugars, and a different end use. We've written a manual on birch syrup production and sold hundreds of...