Western New York

[Urban Sugarmaker]

Such a good beer. That is my go-to most of the year. Genny bock during jan-march. Then Sierra Nevada torpedo or another big ipa when it is really hot.

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I love Genny Bock too.

[jimsudz]

Local micro brewery used some of my syrup to make some beer. It is the feature beer of the week. They call it Sudzy's Maple Ale. The brewery is called Windy Brew it is in Sheldon on Rt 20A. I may stop in this evening to try it out.

[wnybassman]

Very nice on the beer! A brewery over here (Dublin Corners) has one called "Tree Tapper" and also uses a local sugarmaker.

Trees loosened up today and gave up about 45 gallons of sap. Wasn't sure if I wanted to wait until tomorrow to start boiling or not, but saw it had some cloudiness to it after it was at the shack tank, so I fired up tonight to get rid of it. Hopefully the cloudiness is from buckets and the one poly tank that is difficult to clean out decently, and it will clear up on subsequent runs this weekend.

[wnybassman]

I thought yesterday's loosening of the trees would make for a better run today even though conditions were cooler and cloudier. I guess not. Not flowing worth a darn.

I'm seeing 62º for next Saturday. Could be the beginning of the end. I know my trees won't take a whole lot more warmth.

[Tonk8it]

Another new WNY maple guy here. Brockport NY. Fun to see others in my area doing the same things I do. I'm on borrowed land with just a few taps and in the middle of my own evaporator build.

[mudr]

Another new WNY maple guy here. Brockport NY. Fun to see others in my area doing the same things I do. I'm on borrowed land with just a few taps and in the middle of my own evaporator build.

Welcome Tonk8it. I'm just down the road in Elba, next to Byron, but work in the 'port. We have at least one other Brockport member here as well.

[wnybassman]

I can only watch Wayne's sap tank cam for so long before I gotta go pee. lol

[Tonk8it]

Welcome Tonk8it. I'm just down the road in Elba, next to Byron, but work in the 'port. We have at least one other Brockport member here as well.

Elba seems so far away. I just had a buddy move out there. I am hoping to meet some more experienced people in the area who want to share ideas. Boiling yourself gets boring and new bigger equipment when locals upgrade is something I am interested In. Right now I got to buy buckets after that crazy windstorm some of my stuff is missing!

[mudr]

It's about a 23 min drive.

Just picked up 60 gal (0.5 gallon/tap) of 1.5% sap. I gave it a taste, and it seems fine though ive never experienced the taste of buddy sap.

I plan to flood my pans and boil for an hour and a half (after kids go down for naps) to kill off any bacteria in the sap. The sap was still running, and with tomorrow's 44 degree forecast I expect more tomorrow.

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[Urban Sugarmaker]

Pan and RO are clean. Ready for the next run. Barely dripping at 1PM today so I'm thinking Mon. and Tues. will be busy. These larger trees are always a day behind. But, I got out to some ope houses yesterday. Nice to see what others are doing.