Does your stack ever look like this? I have less than 1" air gap between my firebrick and the bottom of my pans and if my auf isn't set on low with half the intake blocked my stack looks like this...
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Does your stack ever look like this? I have less than 1" air gap between my firebrick and the bottom of my pans and if my auf isn't set on low with half the intake blocked my stack looks like this...
We found a $50 floor drying fan in Home Depot and built a duct to go in our ash door, it really increased our evap rate but on the lowest setting I still have to block the intake half way or it will...
Thanks for both the ideas, I will check with both of them. We are working on a 15 years lease with an option to buy.
Hello my fellow maple junkies! We have lucked into a big sugarbush that we will be able to tap next year. That being said we won't be able to handle the expense of the bush and a new sugar house and...
Can anyone tell me what the going price is for non ro sap in maine this year? And is there a formula for a sliding scale based on sugar content? Thanks, Lee
It is the Maine maple producers association. They are having a 3 day event in Portland in June. I became a member this year and it has been money well spent. Lee
I like all my work space on one wall. My old sugar house was set up long and narrow with evap and sap in rear and all the work stations going towards the front. Allowed finished bottled product to...
In Maine, as long as all you are doing is making syrup you don't need fda stuff. As soon as you start to refine it into sugar, candy, taffy, etc then fad and commercial kitchen comes into play.
In the state of Maine it is easy. I did it this year. Need to register your business with the town, if not incorporating. It was $20 in our town. After registered go on line and get a free sales tax...
It wasn't my plan at all to go big. This was supposed to be fun to teach my 3 sons about producing maple syrup. When we built the sugar house I layed it out for me to be able to grow later in life....
They do this to the wrong farmer, they might end up as pig food! Hard enough to make ends meet with out dealing with thieves.
Last year we built a 12x16 sugar house for our cute little 2x3 Mason. It was great to have all the room to work in! This summer the 12x16 is going to become the sales and bottling area and we are...
Make you sick breathing the fumes in sugar house.
NO GALVINIZED! The fumes are toxic. I got stainless single wall from north line express in 6" for the best price I could find and fast shipping. With out the blower I was using homedepot black stove...
I have around 15' of stack on my arch
Yup sugars for sure, all 12"+ trees. I have the other trees we tapped on buckets in the last 2 years that are running 2%+ but they are not tubable and scattered all over 6 acres so not really an...
Hi all, I have a 2x3 Mason that was evap at a rate of 4 gallons an hour, we added auf and rose to 11 gallons an hour and promptly ruined the black steel 6" 90 on our stack. So out I went and got a 6"...
My sap is cr@p! We just tapped a new little bush of 40 sugar maples and sap is running at a wicked 1%! We have boiled over 90 gallons and have gotten around 3 quarts so far. What would cause the...
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU! Myself and my three young sons have been making syrup in Maine for 3 years now. We would not be anywhere near where we are now, with out all the help/ guidance and...
Hi, my names Lee and I'm a maple addict! The addiction started when my 10 year old asked if I remembered how to make syrup and if I did could we try it? That was three years a go. We now have almost...
We use a 5 gallon Brewers bucket that has a spigot 1/2 off the bottom, crystal clear and not tipping, dumping or siphoning needed except for the last pint or so.
Most states will issue a nuisance/damage permit to allow you to hunt them off season. Just call the fisheries and wildlife folks and they will help you out.
If it stays mid 30s in there ur probably good for a week. Just taste it before you boil it. If it is clear and sweet ur fine, but if it gets cloudy or off flavor dump it. And if you have enough...
My gram used to take every grey I could kill. She love to eat them. Yuck
I had mold spots in my collecting jugs last year and found an off taste in my syrup after they showed up! Quick bleach wash and a good rinse and spots were gone and so was funny taste. Was bummed I...