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    Custom steam hood

    I am looking for someone to build steam hood for my custom size flue pan (17" x 60") Any suggestions?
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    you may want to take a look at the Murphy Cup...

    you may want to take a look at the Murphy Cup Smokey Lake sells. The best tool for finishing I have ever purchased.
  3. Thread: just curious

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    Yes, planning to stop in to see you. Not sure...

    Yes, planning to stop in to see you. Not sure yet what Chad and Arron are doing yet. How do you think the tap holes we drilled will hold up? Been a month or more for mine.
  4. Thread: just curious

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    just curious

    A question for all the 'old timers'. Did you make maple syrup during the last ice age?
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    Maple syrup bath?

    Probably what bothered me most was that she drained the tub. I wish she had called me as I probably could have used the concentrate.
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    anyone care to guess?

    Found this at a local antique dealer. Anyone want to venture a guess on it's age?1625616257
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    who's still in?

    What can we expect from now on in Erie and Crawford PA counties. Will the trees hold up a little longer?
  8. Thread: WSJ article

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    WSJ article

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/syrup-makers-worry-warm-weather-will-sap-their-season-1488632402?emailToken=JRrzfvt8YHqfitM8acwnxUc1duwNAuyEXEiSM3fQIFmJq3XPpKe+yqwph9at5HyuQUI//NkcqnI/SDzLxXFnVdSWnfsmzQf...
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    we were certain the syrup from this last tapping...

    we were certain the syrup from this last tapping would be off. tasting every draw now...my teeth hurt. the wife will get this stuff for cooking anyhow, not going to chance that my taste buds are...
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    Still at it

    Against my better judgement, I put in 100 taps in fresh trees last Thursday. With the temps in the 20's at night and mid to upper 30's in the day since then, I'm getting the clearest sap I've gotten...
  11. That's my lab retriever Beck. Training her to...

    That's my lab retriever Beck. Training her to pick the best trees to tap..haha.
  12. I calibrate or check mine for every test using...

    I calibrate or check mine for every test using bottled water that is the same temp as the sap I am testing. If using indoors or outdoors I let the unit come to air temp.
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    roots frozen

    we have frost down to at least 27" here. talked to a backhoe operator..that's what he found. a good rain would help...our snow melt has been pretty much without rain
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    I have heard that eggs were once used to 'clean'...

    I have heard that eggs were once used to 'clean' maple syrup. Can anyone tell me what that process involved? just curious.
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    my new sap hauler rig..

    http://trucktracks.com/en/media/action-videos/
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    every year I gather first run sap and put 5...

    every year I gather first run sap and put 5 gallons of it in a 6 gallon stainless stock pot on my wood stove in our kitchen we use for heat. I always have a cast iron kettle with water on it for...
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    in other words."we would not be able to mass...

    in other words."we would not be able to mass produce our generic-at-best product without state-of-the-art reverse osmosis and fossil fuel."
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    Mr. Turner’s syrup is bottled at a higher sugar content: 67 on the Brix measurement scale rather than the standard 66 (or 66.9 in Vermont). It pours with a languor more like that of honey, and tastes...
  19. Product Description Maple Syrup is destilled...

    Product Description
    Maple Syrup is destilled from the sap of sugar maple trees in springtime. It takes 4 gallons of pure sap to make one gallon of pure syrup. A good sugar maple tree is able to...
  20. grade B ... $25 a quart. i love the reviews...

    http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Organic-Maple-Syrup-Bottle/product-reviews/B001EO68DY/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
  21. I boil till it tastes off. My wife use maple for...

    I boil till it tastes off. My wife use maple for almost all of her cooking and baking instead of sugar. The off tasting stuff if great for that. My last boil I run a little heavy and she uses that...
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    flue pan concentrate

    what percent concentration should I shoot for from the concentrate coming from my flue pan to my syrup pan? I took a sample from my flue pan just after a draw off and let it cool to air temp (about...
  23. Thread: no sap

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    just 5 more lousy degrees..is that too much to...

    just 5 more lousy degrees..is that too much to ask for?
  24. free range maples

    all my trees are free range..they can come and go as they please..most stay but some try to leave and just fall down.
  25. I have a question..and I really am not trying to...

    I have a question..and I really am not trying to tick anyone off..Does reverse osmosis remove any essential minerals from the sap? I have heard that it removes some potassium from the sap for one. ...
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