Ohh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well that's awesome! Congratulations and great luck with that!Originally Posted by eustis22
Ohh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well that's awesome! Congratulations and great luck with that!
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5' x 9' sugaring room
37 taps (cast iron spiles), 3 gallon metal buckets
Boiling with a 21" x 24" divided pan, 3 troughs, w/warming tank on top
250K BTU propane burner inside cement block arch, 4 x 100lb. propane tanks in parallel
Sap storage in 44 gallon Brute barrels w/food-safe plastic bag barrel liners
2021: ~8 gallons of syrup
2022: ~11 gallons of syrup (but I lost a 3 gallon batch because I fell asleep and burned it!!)
2023: ~15 gallons of syrup
around 5 gallons produced from roughly 375 gallons....issues with the RO and DE filtering for next year's problems but I learned some things and am happy with this year's crop
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
2017 - 49 taps on gravity, 6 on buckets.
2016 - 19 taps on new 3/16 tubing, 24 on buckets
2015 - 51 taps, 26 buckets
2014 - 50 taps, 14 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, new 2X3 continuous flow Phaneuf from Homestead Maple
2013 - 33 taps, 12 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, steam table pans
2012 - 26 taps, 10 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, steam table pans
Congrats on wrapping up a successful season Eustis.
GO
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13 gals
All taps on buckets
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