Sap Boil Time for Steam Pans
Assuming you always maintained the perfect 2 level in all of the pans, would the syrup produced be different if you boiled for 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, or 24 hours?
The real question is: is there a perfect boil length of time?
I would like to make as much amber coloured syrup as possible. I know there are a number of variables that go into what colour is produced, but as an example, if I did two 5 hour boils, instead of one 10 hour boil, would it make a difference?
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
DYI Vacuum Filter
2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8 pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.