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Andy,
I think you’re on to something with solo stove idea. One thing you could try is a tripod with chain and cauldron setup. Flat pan would be a lot better. Does the bottom of the solo stove get...

On our small backyard batch evaporator I always boil it out when the smell starts to change. Some of my best testing syrup from the season came from those boils. We had one boil where my brother...

Same boat in Maine. We are fortunate that we have access to a large walk in cooler so plan on draining evaporator into food grade 5 gallon buckets (from uline) and storing. We will clean evaporator...

Thank you guys for all the great tips !! Definitely going to try and bottle the majority of it next time and holdover the last pint or so that comes off for the following batch instead of the gallon...

So we have been makings batches of 5-6 gallons per day and trying to bottle them in our 16x16 canner same day. We have found that the thermometer is out of the syrup once it hits 1” and the temp...

Thanks for the replies. I’ll double check the jug types. I think that we where over filling a bit on the big ones and the syrup was pushing on the seal when we laid on it’s side. We put a little less...

Any tips to bottling larger sized plastic? I’ve been laying them on there side after hot packing and after a few minutes many start to distort and leak. Can I skip laying them on their sides?

300 taps in at the farm and a couple dozen around the house to keep the kids busy. We upped the 3/16 lines to 150 taps so collecting should go a bit quicker this year. My oldest (15) did all the...

What we do to draw off is use smaller and less wood to get it close to finished. Once it’s close I prop open the door and with a shovel, remove the coals and put outside in the snow, once snow is...

I've had my thinner stainless pans do this before and shooting syrup out of the pan. When I switched to a heavier gauge stainless it stopped. Not sure if that's what's happening but mybe give it a...

On my 1/2 pint divided pan we run batches of about 120 gallons of sap through. After that we drain that batch I'll dump in 5 gallons of hot tap water from the house and go over the pan with a...

What are you using for a pan?
At home I have a a 1/2 pint that I batch boil. When I want maximum production I run the levels low and don't leave the evaporator unattended even for a minute. I...

First off, huge thanks to this community. I'm in the process of getting a new sugarhouse up and running and I have researched and read 100's of posts over the past 4 months to make sure I don't miss...

Tony,
We tried lifting the pan off when we first started and it ended badly, lol. I have a home made barrel evaporator with flat pan and what I do now is prop door open and shovel out coals into a...

I filter twice with awesome results on a batch method. It really depends on your setup and how much niter you have though. I usually run 100-150 gallons of sap through my pan 1\2 pint , kill the...

Record season for us this year in North Raymond. Made a little under 12 gallons on 30 gravity taps.

I put 40 taps in this past weekend. Collected around 100 gallons of sap already. Not bad for the first run of the season.

I have the same problem with one of my thinner stainless pots which stinks because it's a perfect size for finishing. Like someone else mentioned, using a pan with a thicker bottom and bring it up...

Cutting-edge
What's worked well for me is using a square of prefilter material. I put that over a colander which rests on top of 5 gallon bucket. Sap filters through fast and traps all debris. ...

Funny run the last couple of days in Raymond. I have some trees that are going gangbusters today and others that ran a little overnight then shut down. Sap seems a little sweeter then the last few...

I've had the same problem. When finishing on high heat on Turkey fryer the thermometer can spike well over 220 and and still read under on hydrometer. I've learned to turn the heat down a few...

I filter with a cone filter and prefilters. The system I use consists of 16" stainless flashing triple wrapped around the top of a 24 quart stock pot and secured with stainless rivits. The flashing...

Wow,
Just finishing up the hardest earned batch of syrup ever. I had 60 gallons of sap stored up mostly frozen in buckets,being the stubborn yankee I am I chiseled out all the buckets and melted...

Tyler,
I have a setup like yours and I find batch boils work best for me. When I get to the end of my sap I keep a 5 gallon bucket of water on hand just in case I need it (never have) and start...

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