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I managed to source a freshly dumped 10 gallon bourbon barrel and started the aging process for the first time. Should I expect the density of the syrup to change after ageing? I only ask because...

We made 7.5 gallons of dark amber (hanna 55) last night and 8 gallons of dark (hanna 40) today. A strange start to the season with the darker syrup, but temps in the 50's will do that I guess. ...

Finished tapping yesterday, not much of a run over night, but it's running really well today. First boil tomorrow.

Looks like my season is over. I had high hopes on Sunday, when I got some nice clear sap. I boiled the little that came in Sunday/Monday yesterday, but buds are fully open today (I have mostly soft...

Still not going in woods, but looks like only a couple lines broke, the others look stretched under limbs. Missed my main line by 5 ft. Overall, should be able to have most repairs tonight/tomorrow.

just heard a huge tree fall in my woods due to an ice storm, it looks like it took out about 20% of my lines, not going out till much later. Be careful out there!

sap really slowed today, syrup also moved into the dark range.

boiled again today, 11.5 gal amber, it darkened a bit (hanna 59, from 69), probably because I didn't boil yesterday and left my pans sweatened in a heated sugar house (I keep it about 40-45).

had an unexpectedly good run today, wasn't thinking I'd have to boil till Monday, but I may need to boil tomorrow.

decent run yesterday, sugar dropped to 1.5%, sap ran till 11 last night. Made 11.5 gal amber, 69 hanna again for 3rd straight boil.

slowed down a little today, but still made 20 gallons of light amber (69 hanna again). Sap was still at 2% Things still running when I got done cleaning up at 10:30. probably will need to boil...

First boil today, huge boil, I'm guessing we got about 3.5 gal per tap in the last 24 hours. Made about 25 gallons of light amber (hanna 69) after the pans were sweatened, should have a decent boil...

I got 450/500 tapped today, will finish up tomorrow morning. Interested to see if the trees wake up quickly or over a couple days. Happy Boiling!

only collected about 50 gal of sap yesterday, draining pans today an opening valve on collection tank until the freeze next weekend then will evaluate quality of sap if trees don't bud out this week,...

boiled again yesterday, color holding even with the high temps, sap yield going down. This morning, sap yield not looking too good, may need to boil straight sap just to have enough to fire for an...

made another 16 gallons tonight, still dark, but lighter than the last 2 boils (hann 38). started with clean pans, and the niter now is crazy. went from little to no niter up to this point, but I...

I haven't noticed any, but I boiled Saturday, Sunday, and Monday so I didn't let anything sit too long

I normally shy away from habor freight, but my backup pump went out on me, so I decided to give one a try, since it's much cheaper than the honda equivalent.

This thing is huge, maybe 2-3 time the...

made another 15 gal of dark today, same hanna as yesterday (42), sap seems to be slowing a bit, but in a few days we should be returning to normal.

Made a point of checking trees for buds, not...

had a tree like branch come down last night and broke a lateral line, easy fix and back up to normal vacuum, sap all pumped up from yesterday evening and last night, getting ready to boil again. ...

Made 12 gallons from yesterday afternoons run, surprised it already turned dark (hanna 42), with all the ice that was still in the tank. Sap ran well today, I'm expecting full near full tanks by...

had a nice big boil last night. sap @ 1.5%, made 20 gal of mid amber (65 hanna) in 2 hours. woke up early this morning to drain releaser before it froze solid. Should be a busy weekend of boiling.

4 years later, my SL is still like new and consistently boils 85 gph or more so I'm not sure why there's all the SL hate, I can still reach the SL owner on his cell any time of day. Now if you want...

sap is running very well this afternoon/evening, big boil tomorrow

I wonder if there may be a small leak where the pump joins the pvc...While it's froze up, I may check out that connection, or the ones at the moisture trap.