Western New York

[Urban Sugarmaker]

Collected about 145 gallons today. It's still tasting good but I can smell the change in the steam. More foam too. I'm pulling my taps Sunday and boiling the rest of what I collect. Then finish the sweet and start cleaning. Ugh.

[Waynehere]

We didn't get much of a run last night. Looks like we will be starting up at noon and chase the sweet out of the pans today. Been a record season for us. Plus I am tired of looking/buying more dry wood.

[Tonk8it]

Just a little hobby guy here but I Pulled my taps today. My trees are budding and one of my buckets was bad. Not to mention I am tired of hauling buckets. Looking for a quad to help me with the work. Honda Rincon, rubicon or foremans

[barnbc76]

I think i may be done today too. Boiled 70 gal down the past couple of days. Lost another .5gal not paying attention foamed over on the turkey frier, would have tthought i learned from the first time.

[Urban Sugarmaker]

All done here. Picked up 135 gallons today and chased the sweet with permeate. I am soap washing the RO now and I have about 4 gallons of sweet to finish and 5 or 6 gallons to bottle. I'm feeling pretty relieved to be done, but accomplished. It was a 43 day season for me and I think I will finish with around 52 gallons from around 2500 gallons of sap. Mostly amber, about 25% light, and we'll see how the rest grades tomorrow or Tuesday. I definitely hit 1 quart per tap which is what I wanted. It worked out despite the tremendous warmth. Makes me wonder what "normal" season is like.

Time to pull the rest of the buckets and tubing and start cleaning up. Then I really need to start selling more syrup.

[Waynehere]

We ended up with 145 gal syrup on 270 taps. That is .5 gal/tap? Wow, a record year for us as well. We started on Feb 4th and ended March 26, so about 48 days for us. That re-circ line on the Shurflo pumps and 100 of my taps were the CV style, so I am thinking they made the biggest improvement for us this year. Looking at an RO now... Went through way too much wood...

[wnybassman]

I just finished the last of it myself. 145 taps, 2198 gallons of sap, a tick over three full cord of wood and 49.25 gallons made. First bit was a lighter amber rich, most of it was dark robust and had a couple batches of strong dark mixed in.

My dad boiling while I was working really made the season for us. Would have never kept up otherwise. A little bit of clean up left and will start preparing for next year.

[stewardsdairy]

Finished up last night. Syrup turned buddy. Made 20 gallons of it last night and then drained the tanks.

[Urban Sugarmaker]

My total was 52 gallons on 190 taps. Not bad. But I think my sugar was lower than measured or my sap gallon count was way off. I estimated 2500 gallons of sap which puts me at 48:1. I made very little dark and my last batch was in the middle of amber rich for light transmittance.

I should be done cleaning up by Sunday.

[calvertbrothers]

Hey guys I'm Wyoming county around Warsaw area I'm still getting clear sap about 700 gallons a day sometime more. The guy I sold my sap to is shutting down for the season. His woods are done I live in a higher elevation and my woods are always cold. If any of you aren't tired of boiling and want to buy sap let me know or I'll be pulling the plug soon.