Originally Posted by
Paul01036
After boiling all weekend and drawing off to a pot to fine tune the syrup a more controlled environment, I got distracted and burned it, all of it. If I’ve read once I’ve read it a thousand times on the forum NEVER LEAVE YOUR SYRUP ALONE!!
The only positive is it was in a pot and not the evaporator. I guess there is always next weekend. I’ve learned a big lesson.
Sorry to hear it and thanks for sharing, I will try and be extra vigilant. I know I will have some newbie errors, hopefully not too many.
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.