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Yeah, I plan to experiment as you suggested. Was just hoping that someone on here would be able to save me some time or at least narrow down my experiment a bit. Thanks again!

Thanks for your reply! I do Cinnamon and Vanilla already and I just drop the Cinnamon stick (or vanilla bean) into the bottle before filling with syrup. Do people just do the same with spruce tips?...

I want to try making it. Spruce tips are ready to be harvested now. I have some thoughts in mind and don't mind experimenting, but I'd rather not repeat mistakes others have made if I can help it. ...

Untreated water is not an option. All we have available is town water. I just looked and it has chloramines. ****.

We have a Deionized water system here but it is expensive and it is overkill...

I have a MES Dolly 300 for maple. We have a sudden demand for RO water where I work to use to make hand sanitizer. The permeate flow level of my Dolly is pretty near perfect for our needs. But I...

The company I work for shifted gears and we can't keep up with our hand sanitizer orders. We usually don't do a lot of stuff with small containers (gallon or less) but now we are overwhelmed with...

I blew a pump on my RO last night so I had to spend today scrambling around and it was a good excuse for me to just put out the closed sign. Don't think I'm going to reopen again. Hopefully next...

Sap is at 1.1% here in Raymond's coldest north facing sugar bush. So you are not alone. I'm hoping that the season just has not kicked in quite yet.

20577Get some cheap mini vise grips on ebay (or maybe harbor freight). The kind with the flat jaws, not curved. Cut 2 pieces of 5/16 tubing and heat the up till soft and slide them over the upper...

I've got over 500 taps in and ready right now. Thinking about trying to add more and maybe get up to 600 before things start flowing.

I know that I'm all over the place and probably did not describe it too well! I appreciate your input. I have a million ideas, but not sure if any of them are good or not. I want to try to make...

Right now I am hauling sap out of the woods with a UTV that has a small tank in the back. Lots of fussing with lines and a WX10 pump. Gets interesting when there is deep snow cause if I try to plow...

I think the guzzler might be able to pull the sap the whole way up?? I'm not sure about that though. Would be great if true, cause then you don't need to worry about a generator. Also you could...

I have a potentially really good deal on some unused (been sitting around for a few years) Becker pumps. Only issue is the specs that I see shot that it has max vac of 18". But they are 17CFM which...

I just put up an ad in classifieds looking for a used 5/16" bit. Not sure how many people are checking classifieds in Sept. though. If anyone has one they could spare, please check out my listing...

I did the same thing as you achesser, and it came out really great and there is a hint of maple for sure. That was 3 years ago. The last 2 years, I tried it again and both times it failed to...

Boiled off almost 500 gallons of sap last night. Bottled up 12 gallons. Washed everything out so it would not get nasty today. Did not get to bed until 2:30. I need to go grab a cup of coffee!

Collected 200 gallons after work and boiled it off last night. Woke up this morning to 100 gallons that came in over night. Suspect it's still coming in now. Not a monster run by any means but...

Took too long for things to get flowing today here. Sun was hiding too much. Flow got going pretty good right before dark but only hauled in about 100 gallons so no fire today. Gonna empty all the...

Founders All Day IPA. Still get a nice bitter hop kick but low ABV so I can still stay awake and on top of things.... somewhat

Definitely scrambling here!

I only have 8 acres, but I have a friendly neighbor down the road from me with tons of land. Go get those taps in! That's what jackets and flashlights are for, haha.

I only had about 200 gallons...

Got 535 tap in so far. Might try to stretch it to 600 if time allows. Slow trickle today but it's still coming in so I'm hoping to have a nice surprise in the morning. 150 gallons of sap in the...

The Lapierre 3/16 tubing seems pretty good. Grabs fittings good and slips on a lot better than most others. Has a good amount of stretch and seems to grab the trees good. Still early, not tested a...

We need silver spouts with check valves! Silver alloy drill bits too! You could use the same tap hole for 3 years before it dried up, haha.