The reds are budding already by me in Oneonta.
The reds are budding already by me in Oneonta.
2x8 Phaneuf,raised flue.
250 taps
Mechanical BG releaser
Gast 0822 vacuum pump
16"x16" Leader Filter/canning Unit
10'x16' Sugar Shack
Kick *** run for the past two days. tons of sap, little sleep, decent amount of syrup. chasing wind damage this afternoon between collecting and boiling. we are at 1/2 way mark today. very happy for March 1st. New arch is awesome. 60 - 75 gallons of syrup hr @15 % concentrate.
Brian Ryther
Mill Hollow Maple
10,000 taps
3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
Lapierre 2000 RO
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Snow storm last week was a SOB. 5 days of digging out main lines. Back to making syrup. We finished tapping today. 2/3 crop. Great syrup still. Great smell and flavor. Bouncing back and forth between Amber and Dark.
Brian Ryther
Mill Hollow Maple
10,000 taps
3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
Lapierre 2000 RO
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x3/brianryther/
Finished up last night. Syrup went from very dark to amber by the end of the night. 31 gallons of sap per tap. I am short of the 1/2 gallon goal. I have not subtracted out the purchased sap out of the syrup total. I would say it was a good year. Not great. Low sugar was the problem. Nothing I could have done different to change that. I figure it was about 74:1.
Brian Ryther
Mill Hollow Maple
10,000 taps
3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
Lapierre 2000 RO
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x3/brianryther/
Good job Brian...same story here, 70:1 for the year. Ouch
CDL 2x8
Around 4000 taps
Polaris ATVs, Ski Doo snowmobiles to get around
Atlas Copco pumps
Lapierre two post RO
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Congrats Brian. Any season you can get over 30 gallons per tap is a good year for sure. I will be done today. Haven't done the total figures yet, but fromwhat little I've looked at them, looks like I'll be a little over 70:1.