Washington county NY

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Sap that came in over the weekend looks good, but low sugar content 1.5%. Made 3 gallons Friday of amber rich and 4 gallons of dark. If we make it by a couple more days without buds temps look good. Good luck everyone.....

[swcrossbucks]

Emptying out all the holding tanks and scrubbing things down. Fingers crossed this cold snap might give me a little bit more to boil.


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[adk1]

I will for sure here buds still tight

[lakeview maple]

I finished off all I had on Tuesday, ended up with 6 gallons of Dark Robust, it was a little light in color but too dark for Amber rich. Tanks are cleaned the pans are ready and the filter press is waiting for the weekend. Long term outlook looks promising ,this might be our big push for the season . Im hoping the cold brings up the sugar like Dr Tim said, its been running at 1.75% for the season it would be nice to see a tank of 2% plus for a change. Good luck all and hope everyone has a great weekend,Allenthird boil e.jpg

[adk1]

You too al, although the I won't get to clean my tank till sat am and it needs it! Lookin forward to some sweeter sap myself, I have been 1.5 and less all season

[lakeview maple]

Started the day with 600 gallons, slow start to the day, didn't fire until 11am . Sugar is running low around 1.4 , I have 3 separate mains coming into my bulk tank and I checked each line, 1.3 1.3 1.5 ,Im hoping with the colder weather it comes up a little . I emptied the 3 other tanks this morning at 10am and when I came home there is another 400 gallons back in them, that little guzzler pays for itself every time. The 3/16th lines I ran this year were screaming today as well it was awesome to watch the sap pour into the tank. Around 80 gallons of syrup so far , its running a dark robust maybe a little lighter but it taste and looks great. Looks like a great week ,hopefully the wood pile holds out ,lol. Good luck all ,Allen

[adk1]

Allen, I am in the same boat on the sugar content however a bit lower, like 1% Brix. Color was right in the middle between Amber rich and robust but the taste is more sweet with a very slight hint of maple. Weird... I think the end is near myself, the trees are changing

[swcrossbucks]

I gathered 180 gallons today off of 125 taps. Mostly from yesterday's run. Tomorrow I will gather up what is left and finish that off. At 24 gallons for a season total right now. Less than the 35 last year but better than I thought when I started out.


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[lakeview maple]

My sugar went up yesterday with the cold snap 1.7 % . Im sitting on 800 gallons and Ill be over from last season. Its been a great year my only complaint would be low sugar the whole season, never had those 2.5 % days its all good tho. Im headed to VT this morning I was boiling yesterday and Im thinking its taking forever for the syrup to come , I had checked the thermometer 2 or 3 times that morning against the hydrometer and adjusted it , it was all set. I was boiling along and it just wasn't coming like normal, I dipped the syrup pan and it was 3 brix over ,the thermometer was reading 215 * I flicked it with my finger and it bounced up .Then it was stuck there it wouldn't drop. I finished the day just checking with the hydrometer the rest of the day. I brought the thermometer home and hot water boil tested it wouldn't come even close to 212 no matter what I did. Oh well Im glad I caught it before I burned a pan.

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Been chipping along just like everyone else has. Not a bad season here but low sugar content. No snow pack is hurting. I had something happen to my candy making thermometer the other day and ruined a couple batches of candy. Hope to boil one more time on Saturday and have one more open house. After that I think it's cleanup time. take care....