Smoke Stack Mmmmmaplin in Middlebury, CT 2019
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Smoke Stack Mmmmmaplin in Middlebury, CT 2019
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ri7TcukAJ8
Last edited by Agent914; 02-23-2019 at 06:43 AM.
19-21 Back to tapping
17-18: not able to tap
14-16 present: Portable Oil Tank evaporator 40+ taps
09-14: Stove to Barrel - 20 taps
6A208C56-E341-41DD-98C6-0FD26DD44073.jpg ssssshhugarin in Somers.
1990-2013 - 35+, 7/16, on milk jugs+3gal galv buckets, 55gal drum firebox, 125 year old 10 gallon porcelain pot, outdoor boiling fun.
2014 - 40+ Built a 10x12 sugar shack, new 2x3 Mason.
2015-2023 - 75+ 5/16 Buckets, 3/16 tube, DIY RoBucket, on the mason in the shack, me, the dogs, sometimes the ole'lady, and defiantly a few beers.
Collected 45 gallons today, will be boiling tomorrow
2018 - 30 buckets boiled on 2 barrel evaporators 2.5 gal
2019 - 48 on 5/16 tubing and 30 buckets 2x4 WF mason XL 14 gallons made.
2020 - 85 on 5/16 tubing and 30 buckets and a new cupola on the shack
2021 - Mountain maple s3 controller with shurflo 4048 pump added 85 on 5/16 30 buckets
2022 - 85 on 5/16 no buckets this year (next gen sugar maker on tap)
What a soggy Sunday morning. Sap has been running all weekend, another 90 gallons since Friday afternoon.
Putting a roof over the evaporator this year is paying off today.
2017 25 taps on buckets got me hooked 1 gallon of sweet
2018 51 taps on 3/16 tubing/ DIY oil tank evaporator 8.5gallons finished
2019 60 taps 7 gallons finished ended season short
2020 New 2x4 divided pan ready to get away from the headache that is steam table pans
2021 off year due to pandemic and projects
2022 back at it
My best pickup of the season today, 170 gal, i'll be firing up early tomorrow - Hope the wind doesn't blow all my bucket covers off. Yesterdays batch was 2.5%
Slow start but between last 2 days I collected 40 gallons. Hoping for a late week run to boil as much as I can this weekend.
It took all week, but I finally was able to fill my RO tank to the top tonight! Had a nice boil yesterday and finished up what is probably the cleanest-looking syrup we've ever made this afternoon!
I had steam at 5 AM, was done at noon with 170 gal. Went back out & got another 45, lots of bucket covers off, 2 must have wracked back & forth so many times they pulled the taps out. We're done here for awhile I think, some cold weather on the horizon.
I agree it looks like a freezer here for the next 5 days at least. I got another 40 gallons of sap today that is going to have to wait until things warm up again.
The wind has brought on a chance for me to run my generator today. It has been 7 hours since the power went out and no telling when it's coming back on. The wind is still crazy so I'm guessing the crews are sitting it out till it dies down.
2017 25 taps on buckets got me hooked 1 gallon of sweet
2018 51 taps on 3/16 tubing/ DIY oil tank evaporator 8.5gallons finished
2019 60 taps 7 gallons finished ended season short
2020 New 2x4 divided pan ready to get away from the headache that is steam table pans
2021 off year due to pandemic and projects
2022 back at it
Saturday was the First time I checked brix at each tree. I never had the refractometer, because if it was sweet, I would boil it anyway. Getting RO soon, so I will need it to ensure permeate is not wasting sugar. Anyway, the worst tree is about 2.5%, average in the barrel is 3% and two are over 4%. Mix of sugars, reds, and silvers. In one day, 73 taps produced about 100 gallons of that, Boiled two nights with late start this weekend to get ahead of it, almost glad it will freeze again, I have a way to go.
2014 Year 1, 1 large front yard shade tree with 3 taps - 3 quarts of the best syrup I ever had.
2015 - Convince In-laws and Neighbors, bought F-150 and bricks. 20 taps, 4 gallons in pretty bottles.
2016 -- More friends and neighbors, should add another 20 +, built temporary shelter as sugar shack. F150 traded for Ram 2500. Big Blue new barrels for 116 gal storage. 8 gallons Syrup.
2017 - Mortared Brick Arch with serving pans, no make that an 18 x 48 CDL divided flat pan, 48 taps.