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  1. #121
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    I collected 46 L yesterday, by the time I got home from work that is all I could get before it was to dark, I was hoping to collect then go back for more. It will all be ice now, so it will have to stay where it is for now. Guess I will continue boiling what I have at nights till we get rid of this cold snap.
    2018 28 tree's, 32 taps... 1206 L collected, 19.6 L Finished
    2017 14 trees, 16 taps... for now 465.5 L collected, 10.5 L Finished
    2016 26 trees, 38 taps... for now 675 L sap so far, 10.5 L finished product
    2015 7 Trees, 7 Buckets
    2014 13 Trees,9 Buckets,5 Water Cooler Bottles,1 Turkey Fryer,ended up with 12 L syrup,light to very dark color
    2013 9 Trees ,13 taps and buckets,1 Turkey Deep Fryer,Close to 15 L of syrup , light to dark color

  2. #122
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    Following some advice I see pop up now and then regarding ice removal. This is a bit much though.

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    That's is a bit much, I gotta believe there's sugar in that ice.

  4. #124
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    Quote Originally Posted by TurkeyJohn View Post
    Following some advice I see pop up now and then regarding ice removal. This is a bit much though.
    As someone said to me before "Popsicle's freeze too!"
    Last edited by maple75; 03-04-2017 at 08:57 AM.
    2018: 40 taps, 19.5l syrup
    2017: 80 taps, 20 liters syrup.
    2016: 40 taps, 38.5 liters maple syrup. Bonus 1 liter of Birch Syrup from 12 taps.
    2015: 1st time! 13 taps, 175l sap, 8.2l syrup

    Boiling on arch made from old wood furnace with 4 steam table pans

  5. #125
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    When it's this cold out I don't think the old chuck the ice rule applies. I'm surprised there was even unfrozen sap in the pail.
    I collected about 50 gallons from some buckets I put out last week to flush my RO didn't get around to flushing it out in time before it got cold and the sap is sitting frozen absolute solid in my Cage tank. Probley going to take a week for it to thaw out. Hopefully the tank and the valve survive. And of course i have it sitting in the most shady coolest spot on the property. So it never sees sun. Hard to believe we were getting thunderstorms last weekend at this time. -25 this weekend. Crazy weather.
    600 taps on vacuum
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    Everything froze solid here too this morning, -24C when I got up
    2018: 40 taps, 19.5l syrup
    2017: 80 taps, 20 liters syrup.
    2016: 40 taps, 38.5 liters maple syrup. Bonus 1 liter of Birch Syrup from 12 taps.
    2015: 1st time! 13 taps, 175l sap, 8.2l syrup

    Boiling on arch made from old wood furnace with 4 steam table pans

  7. #127
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    I just hand bombed 15 buckets of frozen sap in the garage and cranked the heat to 22 degrees. Should thaw out soon.
    Last edited by c0ps; 03-04-2017 at 10:56 AM.

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    Batch #2 94l sap, 3250 mls syrup, so again a pretty solid 3%. Finished at 223.5-224, just one hashmark over Brix so no need for more tinkering! :-)
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Galena View Post
    Batch #2 94l sap, 3250 mls syrup, so again a pretty solid 3%. Finished at 223.5-224, just one hashmark over Brix so no need for more tinkering! :-)
    You boiled today? Wasn't it frozen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by c0ps View Post
    You boiled today? Wasn't it frozen?
    Hehe yes my sap still all frozen! I should clarify...I collected Feb 27-Mar1 and boiled sap down into about 8l of nearup. Then last night I dumped all of the nearup into finishing pot, pulled up a chair and very patiently waited from 8:30 to 11:00pm. Got er done very slowly, but it saves me messing with distilled H20 down the line!
    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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