Eastern Ontario 2017

[BrutemanAl]

I'm boiling today. Started out with about 185 gals of sap /ice. Lost the first hour thawing valves and the block in the evaporator.

Now I have a good boil going but I'm having icing issues in my feed line. I'm watching the trickle at the float box carefully and have had to disconnect and remove ice plugs several times already. Still. If I don't get everything I can out of the tank today it will even harder tomorrow.

My other problem today? Where to place my chair. Too close to the arch door and I roast. A bit further back and I freeze. Just doesn't seem to be a good spot today.

I was out an about yesterday EDDY, Thought about coming by and seeing you, but wasnt sure if you were home, then I was going to boil the sap I collected the other day, and it was frozen and the wind was just stupid crazy anyhow, so I brought it inside and will boil it later today.

[pgeller]

I'm boiling today. Started out with about 185 gals of sap /ice. Lost the first hour thawing valves and the block in the evaporator.

Now I have a good boil going but I'm having icing issues in my feed line. I'm watching the trickle at the float box carefully and have had to disconnect and remove ice plugs several times already. Still. If I don't get everything I can out of the tank today it will even harder tomorrow.

My other problem today? Where to place my chair. Too close to the arch door and I roast. A bit further back and I freeze. Just doesn't seem to be a good spot today.

We had the same issue in the county last weekend. Start at 5, fight the lines with a hair dryer trying to ensure we didn't burn the pan while we got the ice plugs out. Saw the same forecast yesterday and decided we would stay in instead of fighting again. Hope you found your warmth by the end.

[Lespetras]

wow that's dark. What's flavour profile like? If I start getting stuff that dark it's got some maple but then noticeable (but not unpleasant) brown sugar/ molasses notes.

Hey - just tasted it. Definite brown sugar flavour. Still very sweet but I prefer the light vanilla taste. However, my husband prefers this. Hopefully after this cold snap we will get some more light.

[Quabbin Hill Farms]

Darrell Glad you got your R.O. up and running saves a lot of time doesn't it. i have one of my new posts running still trying to figure how to pipe in the other. Pretty cold this weekend not looking to let loose until next Fri/Sat.

[Galena]

Hey guess what? Apparently I have magic syrup...it made itself! I put about 7l of nearup (from 85l of sap) into a pot on the woodstove a couple nights ago and left it to reduce down a little more. When I got home much later that day I saw that it had reduced to about 3l. It was still warm, so on my hot/cold Quebec hydro it was halfway between the two Bri marks. So I left it overnight. This morning I checked it and...absolutely dead perfect, spot-on Brix at cold. Needless to say I'm overjoyed that I don't have to stay up all hours finishing it, and right now it's quietly dripping away through fresh coffee filters to get out the nitre. Looks like I'll have around 3250ml again.

[c0ps]

Thats awsome! I should try that, im to scared to leave it on a hot surface over night

[Galena]

Thats awsome! I should try that, im to scared to leave it on a hot surface over night

Well, I make sure that my finishing pot is always a heavy copper-bottomed stainless pot, and that it was all cold nearup from the fridge. Had it been warmed in any way, I would have put it to the side of the stove and not on the hot plate in the middle. I am really surprised at how well it worked, even though I was only intending to nearup it down a bit more til the sap ran again. But hey not complaining :-)

[Bruce L]

Sap started running late today!!!!!!!!!!! Depends on when the temperature drops tonight as to how long it will dribble into the tank. It was late enough that I didn't bother starting up the vacuum pump

[Galena]

Sap started running late today!!!!!!!!!!! Depends on when the temperature drops tonight as to how long it will dribble into the tank. It was late enough that I didn't bother starting up the vacuum pump

Hmm better go take a look at my trees. I already saw some frozen sap thawing out earlier, and scooped out handfuls of snow before they got into the frozen sap as it melted. Not holding my breath though. And supposedly more snow on Saturday...*groan*...

[Vandy]

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