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The saps been flowing like crazy for days now. I've done 2 straight days of boiling and will boil again tomorrow, I have canned 1&1/2 gallons of the best tasting syrup you could imagine.

I think cutting it lengthwise is a good idea. i might try it.
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I asked at the beer distributor and they said they weren't coated. When i opened it up the inside looked and felt like the outside no coating found. I scrubbed it with barkeepers friend and then soap...

:lol:It holds 15.5 gallons the wife has her eye on it for some sort of seafood boil. going to have to clean it good after that. the neighbor is a cop. hopefully he doesn't think i'm up to something...

I was getting to much humidity in house so i built a stainless beer keg evaporator and posted under Sap Handling, Tanks, Trucks and Pumps. It seems to work great i have to finish the boil today looks...

I checked on that with the high temp. and aluminum having a link to maybe memory loss. wait i forget what i was going to say. anyway kegs are stainless now.

I was getting too much humidity in the house from evaporating all the sap that has been flowing. I collected about 16 gallons yesterday and decided to build some sort of evaporator for outside use....

The saps flowing really well. I didn't empty jugs last night at 10pm when i got home it was snowing hard. This morning 3 of my gallon jugs were overflowing. I got about 8 gallons total today....

The sap started flowing again yesterday. it shut off with the snow and cold weather we had. I collected a little over 2&1/2 gallons this morning and the lines were dripping. Hopefully i will get...

I'm a novice but the saps flowing well in upper bucks county today. I think its time....

I put out several taps today in the yard and got over 1 gallon of sap in about 5 hours. Most holes were dripping before i could put the spile in. With the warmer temps tomorrow maybe my gallon jugs...

Good luck with the sap. I put out 4 more taps for a total of 8 really hoping the sap flows these couple of days with the cold nights and warmer days. This years syrup was exceptional and i'm hoping...

We have a cold snap coming this weekend and i think with the great taste of this years syrup i'm going to tap several more trees. Hopefully i will get a good flow and be able to can some syrup for a...

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The trees are maples although i'm not sure of the exact kind of maple tree. The wood stove is closed and mostly burning oak and ash this year. The color is a darker amber and thick as far as maple...

Just finished up about 4 gallons of sap and ended up with a little over a cup of fantastic syrup. I have 4 maples tapped in my yard started boil on the wood stove and finished with gas stove. One...