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Thread: why doesn't my syrup taste like the "pure" maple syrup i've purchased before?

  1. #11
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    Our first maple syrup of the season is always very light in color, with a delicate maple flavor almost like vanilla.smells wonderful when cooking it.
    12x16 Sugar House 2x6 Maple Pro wood fired evaporator Arctic Cat 4x4 1980 Snowmobile 225 taps on buckets 17 Taps on 3/16th tubing on steep hillside

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    The flavour profiles of my batches of syrup are so predictable and consistent that it's ridiculous. Batches 1 and 2 are always really light and always have vanilla and marshmallow notes; batch #3 may still be light in colour but the flavour is becoming more maple-y; batches 4-5 are definitely textbook maple both in colour and taste; batch #6 usually starts to develop a dark colour and carry a brown sugar note. Batch #7, if I get one, may be almost molassesy to the taste and near black.

    There are exceptions though....I've been lucky enough to never have any severe/noxious flavours (ie industrial or chemical) but I once had batch #4 carrying a light but noticeable smell and flavour of...fresh-cut hay. It was wonderful, but sadly the flavour and scent didn't last long and mellowed out.

    Also you may want to check out the following: http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/science-and...=1231363888838
    Been tapping since 2008.
    2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
    2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
    2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
    2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
    2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
    2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup

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    I once boiled down some sap from just norways, the first run of the season, and I would swear it was butter scotch. I loved it.
    44 27'08/71 27'56
    300 totalish taps 250 on tube and bosworth sap sucker
    50 bucket and bags about 40-50 gallons a season
    on a 2 by 7 home made evaporator and sugar shack
    1st gen circa 1966 still learning stuff

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