How long does sap last when stored in snow bank?

[Weekend_Warrior]

I am only able to boil on the weekends and not every weekend. I put my sap in plastic buckets and bury them in the snow. How long can I expect the sap to last when stored at 32 degrees? Thanks.

[bigschuss]

Before I built my shack I was on an outside rig and burried my sap in the snow like you. I had absolutely no problem keeping sap fresh for a week. If cold enough, two weeks is also no problem. I never went beyond 2 weeks.

Can I recommend something? Instead of storing your sap in individual buckets, is there any way you can store it in a larger 40 or 50 gallon food grade container of some kind? In indivdual buckets you are likely to find them all frozen solid come Saturday AM. If you can keep your sap in a wide mouth container (like a trash can) the top and sides may freeze a bit but you'll have liquid sap underneath to boil. And in fact, picthing the ice will actually save you boiling time.

Keep it out of the sun and burried with snow and you'll be fine.

[Ed R]

Your better off keeping sap in 5 gallon buckets, they are much easier to handle and move. If you have any bacterial load from one bad tap it will be contained in one bucket and can be dumped rather than spreading though your entire collection.

[psparr]

I just boiled about 200 gallons of sap from a tote and 100 from 2 barrels that sat since Tuesday. No snow to be found. Made some great syrup!