North East Ohio 2020

[fred]

Darn I really like that little RO.

even better than that clear press contraption as i understand it

[heus]

Jason, how’d it go for you with the new reduced tap count? We broke the 40 gallon mark over here. A personal record and all thanks go to the CDL Hobby RO. Pulled over 2800 gallons of water and figured I saved over 90 hours of boil time and - most important- lots of wood. Darn I really like that little RO.

John I should hit 26-30 gallons. With 100 buckets that's pretty respectable I think. At least one more boil tomorrow maybe even later in the week who knows. I relearned what I already knew: gathering 100 buckets and boiling raw sap was as time consuming as running 1000 taps on vac and boiling 8-12% sap.

[heus]

Broke the 2000 gallon mark. Hopefully, it freezes tonight and we keep going. That sap that came in last run wasn't good. Hopefully, we get a freeze tonight. If not, it is the end for us.

Nate great job.

[johnallin]

even better than that clear press.... as i understand it

Yup... .

[johnallin]

John I should hit 26-30 gallons. With 100 buckets that's pretty respectable I think. At least one more boil tomorrow maybe even later in the week who knows. I relearned what I already knew: gathering 100 buckets and boiling raw sap was as time consuming as running 1000 taps on vac and boiling 8-12% sap.

Jason, I'm just above 40 gallons, so far on close to 300 taps, those are some nice trees you've got over there!

Did get about 100 gallons in as of 6 tonight...little cloudy but it's sap. Will check in the morning.

[heus]

John after downsizing I now have the luxury of choosing only my very best 150-200 year old trees.

[miboss]

Today is definitely the last boil for me, while I collected 5-600 gallons yesterday and night, it was barely 1%.

[johnallin]

John after downsizing I now have the luxury of choosing only my very best 150-200 year old trees.

That's a nice luxury Jason. I'm lucky to see 1¾ mostly at 1½ and at times, only 1%. Couldn't/Wouldn't do it without the RO.

And just so Fred doesn't get all confused... to that I'll add: "the Leader Clear Press is King..."

[Sugarmaker]

You guys across the line have done real good! We finished gathering today. Sap (250 gal) went to neighbor and will be in the dark robust class. I have our evaporator in clean mode. Will clean lines and bring in the equipment within the next few days too. Last 5 gallons of very dark syrup made Sunday during the 17th annual Taste and Tour. (we just got it in prior to the close down for CV-19.) We had a good crowd on sat.
Jason, I think your right, boiling raw sap is a lot of work! If I doubled my tap count I would have to look at a R.O.! We ended the season at 183.5 gallons of syrup in NWPA.
Always good to see how you guys do to the west of us also.
Regards,
Chris

[heus]

Hoping for a good sap day, today. Looks like it froze up good last night. Something amazing I realized last night. I have not had to add more than 3 drops of antifoam to my back pan total this whole season. Even back when I was boiling raw sap before, I had to regularly add it. On another note, the steam began to smell like late season yesterday when I was boiling. Syrup still tastes great, though. My sap yesterday was 2.1% which is the highest its been in a few weeks.