Originally Posted by
johnpjackson
Saturday I got ~23 gallons of sap. I boiled all weekend, from Friday evening, stopping only to go and sleep. I got all caught up by Sunday late afternoon and drew off ~3 gallons of syrup. Yum!
Nice! Methinks you need an RO or a bigger evaporator next year! You're swimming in sap!
I had a very big run too. At 57 gallons, nearly 2.5 GPT. And that includes a few taps that are duds. I counted 9 out of 23 buckets that were overflowing or almost full! Fortunately by the time I collected on Sunday afternoon, there was a lot of ice in the buckets to dump, so I actually only boiled 40 gallons. Good thing, because as it was, I didn't get to bed until 2 AM.
Gabe
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, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets
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