Valentine's Day
Well things started late for me today - Everything was frozen up till about 2:30
But after that, it has been going well, about 60 gallons by 7:30 tonight. Gonna let things go for a few hours more. If we get some good sun, tomorrow might be good...
Finished and bottled a gallon and a half of dark syrup from yesterday - I guess even if the sap freezes it still gets dark if it sits. Vow to do better with the current batch.
Happy cooking!
John
All red maples:
2013/4 - A few taps and propane burner
2015 - 54 taps on bags and buckets, 2x3 Mason evaporator - 3.5 gallons syrup finished and bottled
2016 - 72 taps on home-built vacuum/mainline system, home built RO (2 - 2.5 x 21 membranes) - 9+ gallons syrup finished and bottled
2017 - 91 taps upgrade to RO (single 4 x 40 membrane) - 13 gallons syrup
2018 - 91 taps - 12 gallons syrup
2022 - Back after 3 years off, 106 taps on vacuum - 29+ gallons syrup
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