Pricing
I am in the southern metro area of Minneapolis amd St. Paul. I am looking to see what people are selling their syrup for. I have pint mason jars, and 8 ounce syrup bottles with the nifty little handles on them. This is a picture of my first batch. Second batch is darker.
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Looks good, I sell mine in glass pint jugs, and maple leaf shaped bottles so not quite similar but I used to sell 1.5pt mason jars for $15 ( i also sold 1.5 pt maple leaf bottles for $25)
2019- RO
2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.
2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.
2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.
Bottles always sell better than canning jars. In northern MN I sell 8oz bottles for $10 and 12oz for $12. I won't sell quarts anymore to lose money.
2016- 32 taps, 3 1/2 gallons
2017- 150 taps, 13 gallons after building an evaporator
2018- goal is 240+ taps. 20+ gallons.
2018 Reality- 235 taps, 5 gallons of syrup. Average 50 birch taps and 3 gallons of syrup.
2019- 180 maple taps, 20 gallons of finished syrup.
~ 160 birch taps, 13 finished gallons of syrup.
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The only real help for pricing is to check locally, syrup has a wide range of prices across the maple producing areas. What is low in one area might be high in another.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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