Eastern Ontario 2020

[Galena]

Ditto with mine but my season usually runs 6-8 batches. I just finished batch #3 and am working away at batch #4.

[Coatesy]

Glad to hear ur still running G, I pulled in about 25 gallons the last two days. Boiling today and tomorrow to keep up on it. I don't wanna be dumping sap again. 😡😡

[Galena]

Hey Coatesy, yes dumping sap is kinda like dumping blood to me. If you're not going to use it, don't collect it! btw just curious, is that in USG or Imperial gallons? my 5g white collecting tubs are in USG, but my pails are all Imperial 2gs. That explains why 2 reasonably full sap pails can top up my collecting pails. So I just stick with using litres.

Boiled all day yesterday, got 122l total, haven't even started yet on the 75l in holding outside. Thankfully I was unable to offload 45l of sap, my neighbour made syrup for her little household :-) Very glad there isn't much out there in the pails, I want to take something of a break from boiling. Like maybe try to clean my own house for once. OH S**T the sun's coming out, dammit...they'll soon be running again *groan*

Finished batch #3, batch #4 on its way to being done, and yes Ennis this batch is also looking like it will be golden. Amazingly very little nitre in it, at least so far!

[Coatesy]

Dunno what the measurement is I ball park it as my storage is a 55 gallon drum. So I count just over half as 20gish

[Coatesy]

One thing I'm curious about is what rate everyone gets per hour. Today so far I'm boiling about 5-6g an hour. That's with a somewhat improved setup added firebrick and monitoring the burn closer.
I know I can create a better setup but don't wanna spend more $$ this year lol. My chimney is ROUGH and seal at stove top is weak.

Also I find having the door open seems to work better than closed up.

[Galena]

Lol I have no idea what I get per hour, I leave that to the pros. I'm just a lil hobbyist :-)

So proud of both my sap and my neighbour and good friend down the road...I gave her 45 l sap and basic instructions...she made approx 2l, slightly over density (but no signs of crystallization) beautifully clear golden syrup with the marshmallowy taste I expect from syrup that grade. She just went by feel (didn't have a therm) and poured it through coffee filters. She wants to make more this weekend and I am pretty sure my trees will be able to meet her needs! And if she got 2l syrup from 45l sap...yay my trees! :-0

[Coatesy]

Amazing...

[paulslund]

And if she got 2l syrup from 45l sap...yay my trees! :-0

Man your trees are sweet again this year eh? Awesome!

[Galena]

Man your trees are sweet again this year eh? Awesome!

Yes, I'm very proud of my trees...all 8 of them :-) Ever since I took off the one red maple I did tap, and began tapping the bush maples, I've had really good sugar content esp at this time of year.

[Galena]

Hey all, just curious...is there one batch year after year that just seems bent on giving you as much grief as possible?

For me, it's batch #4. Came off lookin like peach jam. Full of nitre. Thin, so left to finish on the woodstove a bit more overnight. Did finish off perfectly this morning so hotpacked it. Was expecting to get over 3l, got just underneath that. So feeling a little hosed! Stoopid batch #4! Glad you're done and in the rearview mirror now!