Hey all,
Moved out of the golden and into a medium amber. Thankfully, because it seems to be all i sell is amber and mostly dark. Once we get to very dark, probably put most of that in bourbon barrels. Not sure how much ive made yet, but staring to run out of storage. What’s everyones prediction for length of season? Next two weeks look great in northeast ohio, should definitely have a full crop by then. I think its going to go long and maybe into april?
Another 5 gal bottled up this morning.
Two mornings in a row with an overflowing tank.
Sap went down to 1% this morning, been averaging 1½ to 1¾%...
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
7th Gen Born in Canada - Raised in Chardon Ohio - Maple Capital of the World..<grin>.
You need a bigger tank John.Originally Posted by johnallin
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
You’re right about that.
With new added taps and 28” of vacuum.....might need more hours in the day first?
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
7th Gen Born in Canada - Raised in Chardon Ohio - Maple Capital of the World..<grin>.
Sap has been flowing here on the lakeshore. Sap Still holding at 1.6% Getting closer to dark syrup too, but that’s normal for us. I still have plenty of firewood so hopefully the season will continue to pump sap
Matthew Cross
Madison, Ohio
400 taps on vacuum with surge sp-22
200 buckets
30 x 10 leader max
w/ enhanced steam away and Pre-heater
Longest day I've had in three years. 2500 gal of sap since yesterday morning. 41.5 gal of (light) amber made today. I had to stop to filter because my draw off tank only holds 25 gal. My operation isn't built for that amount of sap...I'm tired.
Mike
450 taps on vacuum - 2018 - 150 gal
530 taps on vacuum - 2019 - 190 gal
520 taps on vacuum - 2020 - 196 gal
515 taps on vacuum - 2021 - 150 gal
24 x 32 Pole Barn Sugar House 2018
Smoky Lake 2x8 Silverlake Raised Flue w/ concentric exhaust 2018
Memprotec 350H RO
Smoky Lake Water Jacket Bottler 2018
Smoky Lake Filter Press 2018
Smoky Lake Water Jacket Draw Off Tank 2018
I have drawn off about 12 gallons of syrup so far. Sugar has been between 2 and 2.4%. I have not filtered yet. I am going to wait until this weekend for that. With the way things are going I hope to make about 25-30 gallons which isn't bad for 100 taps on buckets, and that was with a late start. A far cry from the 300+ gallons I used to make though. The new A&A 2x7 is consistently boiling off about 40 gph, which is what I expected.
Last edited by heus; 03-04-2020 at 06:13 AM.
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.
I made another 5 gallons last night with some 1% sap I had RO'd to 6 1/2 % ...which is high for us.
Started pulling syrup within 45 minutes of start-up and every 10-15 after that. This is a bit darker than Monday's boil...
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
7th Gen Born in Canada - Raised in Chardon Ohio - Maple Capital of the World..<grin>.
we had a nice easy boil last night. made 10 gal of dark amber. I'm a bit surprised by how much it darkened up. the day before was a hanna reading of 71, and last night was a 57. That seemed like a big jump towards dark...not that I'm complaining.
Mike
450 taps on vacuum - 2018 - 150 gal
530 taps on vacuum - 2019 - 190 gal
520 taps on vacuum - 2020 - 196 gal
515 taps on vacuum - 2021 - 150 gal
24 x 32 Pole Barn Sugar House 2018
Smoky Lake 2x8 Silverlake Raised Flue w/ concentric exhaust 2018
Memprotec 350H RO
Smoky Lake Water Jacket Bottler 2018
Smoky Lake Filter Press 2018
Smoky Lake Water Jacket Draw Off Tank 2018
We had the exact same thing tues night. Im guessing that tonight will go to dark, but the flavor is great.
Good luck
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
