Collected 70 gallons of sap this morning. I may boil it tomorrow
This afternoon I finished yesterday’s 85 gallons of sap and I bottled it and made 9 litres of syrup. In the picture it looks darker than it is, and if time I will take a picture with sunlight behind them
I have to say the best tip I received on this site was from Someclown about buying welder gloves. They have been invaluable loading the firewood and grabbing and moving the pans.
I not only have been using my induction elements for preheating the sap, but I have used them for finishing and tonight I used them for bottling. It was so simple to maintain the 180 to 190 temperature throughout the bottling process.
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Last edited by Swingpure; 03-23-2022 at 09:04 PM.
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.
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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.
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