We had a decent boil last night and today with the sap from the last 3 days. It still hasn't really let loose for us yet. In 3 days of good weather we didn't get 2 gallons of sap per tap. The pumps will stay on tonight and tomorrow and won't be turned off until it freezes Friday night. Hopefully we get 2GPT between now and then.
The upcoming weather does look good but once it hits April 1st I get worried that a quick warm spell can end things quickly.
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4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
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Steams been pouring off here. Started yesterday with over 200 gallons and collected 70 last night and another 30 tonight. Boiled 170+ last night and today. (Nice to have a son who got home from work last night, lit the fire and boiled for 8 hours) The last 100gals has plenty of ice left in it so will save it for Friday. Have 5 batches to finish tomorrow, otherwise there's nowhere to store more syrup. All my drawoff pails and finishing pots are full.
Had a great evening in Cobourg last night talking syrup making while my son was boiling.
Big_Eddy
Eastern Ontario (Quinte)
20+ years on a 2x3 block arch,
Homemade 20"x64" drop flue since 2011
Build a Block Arch
Build a Flat Pan
Build a Flue Pan
Sweetening the Pans
Build a Bending Brake
Using a Hydrotherm
How much Sap to Sweeten?
Well our final batch was the yielded the most product (which we expected, assuming we didn't mess it up anyhow lol)
Yesterday we boiled off the remainder of the half finished product, only took a couple of hours.
Filtered and boiled 7.5 litres of syrup, I also spilled maybe 1/2 litre extra while fumbling around with a filter insert removal (totally being clumsy).
Pictured below is our last batch worth minus a 500ml bottle we gave to a good friend who stopped by with coffee while the bottling was happening and a small mason jar that collected the last bit of filter drippings while we did the main bottling.
So our final count is 14.5 litres of finished product, we're very happy with that.
We celebrated by drizzling our homemade syrup on homemade tea biscuits and chilli......that's what it's all about right?
Taps pulled, buckets rinsed and put away and cleaning of equipment etc is mostly complete (just have to rinse out the gravity tank and hose and put a few odds and ends away).
Northwood -> would love to tap the threes in Mattawa, just not this year LOL.....but soon!
Galena -> we have a number of projects on the go right now but after that perhaps we should have you over to meet the family and so you can see the set-up, we'll be in touch.
in the mean time if you want any pictures of the rig with dimensions let us know....
Take care everyone
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2022 - 21 taps: 470 litres of sap / 15.75 litres of syrup (stopped season short)
2021 - took the season off
2020 - 20 taps: 524 litres of sap / 18.75 litres of syrup
2019 - 14 taps: 416 litres of sap / 15.25 litres of syrup
2018 - 9 taps (309 litres) + a generous neighbour (114 litres): 423 litres of sap / 14.5 litres of syrup
2017 - 4 taps: 55 litres of sap / 1.5 litres of syrup (just enough to get us hooked)
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Hey Wisers, would love to see more detailed shots of the rig. And yes would be nice to meet more sugarers and just have more friends in general around here. Would go on but so tired I can barely lift my arms. Toying with idea of *accidentally* spilling sap once I hit the 700l mark. Already at 520 or so could do it! Just exhausted. Please stay in touch, you can also email me.
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
Well.. sugar content finally high!! Boiling at 1:29 sure beats 1:60.. doing a batch tonight and we may continue through until next week we'll see! It was a strange but prosperous season for sure.. after the 2 week lull we were dragging our buts to get back into it but with sugary sap like it is.. hard to shut it down...
Cheers
2 acres of sugar maples. Woodburning arch with small evaporator and propane burners with steamer pans Year 5.
2015 - 35 taps on 30 trees. 1556 L sap and 44L syrup!
2016 - 42 taps on 40 trees. 2274 L sap and 64L syrup!
2017 - 37 taps on 36 trees. 1573 L sap and 47L syrup!
2018 - 33 taps on 32 trees. 2314 L sap and 53L syrup!
2019 - 30 taps on 29 trees. 1640L sap and 51 L syrup!
2020 - 31 taps on 30 trees. 760 L + stopped counting sap and 25 L syrup!
Good to hear from you Lesley, was wondering if you guys got swamped out too! I'm finishing off a batch right now that I thought was going to be 4L, it looks like it could come out to 5 or even 6. Crazy season.
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
Yes.. the sugar content amazing right now.. we were swamped a few weeks back.. it's been a great year!! Gonna break from it this weekend and maybe continue next week if buds don't beat me to it. Glad your year is going well also Susan!!Originally Posted by Galena
2 acres of sugar maples. Woodburning arch with small evaporator and propane burners with steamer pans Year 5.
2015 - 35 taps on 30 trees. 1556 L sap and 44L syrup!
2016 - 42 taps on 40 trees. 2274 L sap and 64L syrup!
2017 - 37 taps on 36 trees. 1573 L sap and 47L syrup!
2018 - 33 taps on 32 trees. 2314 L sap and 53L syrup!
2019 - 30 taps on 29 trees. 1640L sap and 51 L syrup!
2020 - 31 taps on 30 trees. 760 L + stopped counting sap and 25 L syrup!
Well this morning I collected 100 L, dumped another 100 or close to it and pulled all my spiles. Everything is home now and washed and sitting in the sun drying. I am boiling my last 100 L of 2018 right now, have about 60 L left to go.
It’s been a heck of a season, never had so much sap, once I am done everything I will update my totals.
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2018 28 tree's, 32 taps... 1206 L collected, 19.6 L Finished
2017 14 trees, 16 taps... for now465.5 L collected, 10.5 L Finished
2016 26 trees, 38 taps... for now
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
Well we are done. Sap changing colours now. Did 40L this year on 40 spiles on 18 trees so 1L finished syrup per spile. All same colour. Cannot do more unless we up the equipment as we still bucket it. Hope this posts right side up it looks sideways right now!
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Rebuilding maple bush from over 100 years of use and abuse
Lots of bees and woodenware building.
Heritage and rare poultry, Heritage Rare Breed Pigs and Goats
Preserving and Fermenting
Working hard at self-sufficiency and small business.
And still have a day job to pay for the hobbies lol.
Grr no clue how to rotate pics on phone app!
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Last edited by ashadedacre; 03-31-2018 at 07:52 AM.
Rebuilding maple bush from over 100 years of use and abuse
Lots of bees and woodenware building.
Heritage and rare poultry, Heritage Rare Breed Pigs and Goats
Preserving and Fermenting
Working hard at self-sufficiency and small business.
And still have a day job to pay for the hobbies lol.
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