yesterday, i got around to canning my 2015 syrup that was stored in the basement for two years. 3 five-gallon pails with tight covers, but it wasn't canned. it was syrup that was filtered directly during draw-off, but then poured into the buckets.
very little mold, and no spoilage. screened it, heated to 200-205, then filtered and packaged. one med, one dark, and one very dark, total of 8.5 gallons. the dark had excellent flavor. very happy with the results.
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2x6 g.h. grimm company lightning evaporator. made in rutland vt.
Any updates? I'm very curious.Originally Posted by maple flats
Mark
Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.
John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
No cage tanks allowed on this farm!
I will be going to sell my bulk a week from today. I'll let you know how this works out after that.
Dave Klish, I recently bought a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Sounds like a good batch!
Last edited by DannyHo; 10-19-2021 at 08:33 AM.
I sold my "bad" syrup. The bad stuff was from 3 barrels that fermented over the last 8-9 years, for a total of 46 gal total. I had reprocessed it, re filtered and packed it in clean BBLs. It certainly had an off after taste. It still sold for processing grade and I got $1.25/LB for it. I also sold some very dark grade from this year as well as some left over from the previous 3 years. Other than this year's crop it was all re processed, filtered, density checked and made right and packed in SS barrels. For the very dark I got $1.85/LB. All I have left in stock now is this year's grade A crop. It felt good the clear out all of the stock from previous years that was less than perfect. While the prices were down this year, it sounds like they may continue in a downward trend for years to come.
Dave Klish, I recently bought a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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