2019 Tapping Season - Connecticut

[Tobey802]

Collected 65 gallons from yesterday early this morning, boiling now! Really need a shurflo and a s3 control system from mountain maple. My woods is so flat

[lafite]

boiled 130 gallons and drew off a quart....the pan is sweet and I'm out of sap!

[aviboy97]

boiled 130 gallons and drew off a quart....the pan is sweet and I'm out of sap!

That math doesn’t add up. Maybe 13 gallons and your yield was a qt??

[aviboy97]

Anyone here have their syrup have a butterscotch taste? VT syrup doesn’t have that aftertaste, yet mine always does, especially early season syrup.

My pots are stainless steel and I boil over propane. All sanitary and sap is refrigerated and never keep more than a week.

My wife likes it but it’s not what I’m looking for. Also has a tangy nite too. 342FDD27-4B27-4090-8549-9A70A570D35D.jpg

[Helicopter Seeds]

Aviboy, lots of factors affect the flavor, starting with the tree. I would bet that since you are boiling over propane, you probably are tapping a very limited selection of trees. Sugar maples, Silvers, reds, all make good syrup. Time of year matters, but if you are Always getting the same result, that would not matter.

Anyway, I got my first taps in this year. Will add more tomorrow if it warms enough, otherwise next week.

[aviboy97]

Aviboy, lots of factors affect the flavor, starting with the tree. I would bet that since you are boiling over propane, you probably are tapping a very limited selection of trees. Sugar maples, Silvers, reds, all make good syrup. Time of year matters, but if you are Always getting the same result, that would not matter.

Anyway, I got my first taps in this year. Will add more tomorrow if it warms enough, otherwise next week.

I have 13 taps right now. All sugar maples. This is my third year making syrup. Taste has been consistent all three years, especially early on. My first few runs look like the photo I posted. Amber color. My yield gets darker as the season progresses.

I’m boiling again tomorrow. Hopefully I get some darker syrup. I like that better.

I didn’t know if this was common or not.

[Mike Van]

I have 13 taps right now. All sugar maples. This is my third year making syrup. Taste has been consistent all three years, especially early on. My first few runs look like the photo I posted. Amber color. My yield gets darker as the season progresses.

I’m boiling again tomorrow. Hopefully I get some darker syrup. I like that better.

I didn’t know if this was common or not.

You won't get dark syrup until the season progresses. It will turn medium as the days warm & the nights less cold. Really dark won't come until near the end, when the buds are almost out on the trees. Hang in there!

[lafite]

That math doesn’t add up. Maybe 13 gallons and your yield was a qt??

It was the first boil of the season so I had to get the pans sweet. my float box was set too high with my 2x4 hybrid pan. I just started to draw after my pan was sweet when I ran out of sap. I have 7 gallons of very concentrated sap currently in my pan. If I were to batch finish I'm sure I could get just under 3 gallons of finished syrup. I had 40 gallons of 1.5% sugar the rest was 2%

[MonasteryMaple]

Almost all tapped in North Guilford. Just one more mainline to go. Ran alright this weekend boiled almost 2700 gallons of sap.

[Tobey802]

Almost all tapped in North Guilford. Just one more mainline to go. Ran alright this weekend boiled almost 2700 gallons of sap.

How many taps?