The run from Friday (3/14) and Saturday produced 13.5 gallons of sap from my 20 taps. It boiled down to a beautiful light amber. It calculates out to about 2.5% average sugar for the sap from that run. I'm happy with that. A couple of more similar runs and I will make my season goal. The forecast looks promising!
2017 - 5th season
22 old fashioned metal taps and buckets
12 on gravity / tubing
17 year old willing to collect in rain, sleet, or snow
30 gal blue barrel for sap storage
2 full size steam table pan block arch with two propane burners & digital thermometers
10x10 sugar house and brewery
Got about 10 gallons last weekend and the sugar content was 3.0%, running has been very slow for me.
Wow ! If 3% is low what is you normal Thank you Marty
Romeo- if you start from the beginning of this thread (Thread = the whole string of related messages starting with the one from 3/12/2014 entitled "Low Sugar Content"), you will see that the issue was about an early season 1.2% average sugar content. Those same trees have produced an average of 2.5% sugar sap in the runs last week.Originally Posted by Romeo
2017 - 5th season
22 old fashioned metal taps and buckets
12 on gravity / tubing
17 year old willing to collect in rain, sleet, or snow
30 gal blue barrel for sap storage
2 full size steam table pan block arch with two propane burners & digital thermometers
10x10 sugar house and brewery
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