Boiled today. The cold front was coming in, with strong winds. It was -11° C (12.2 F) with the wind chill. I made 1.75 L of golden syrup.
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I tucked my cone filter into a sailor hat shape and it’s held it’s shape for the most part and it did work better.
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.
Sap should run today and tomorrow. I added a second fire bowl for the expected sap flow next week.
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The sap is not running quite as fast as I expected today, but that might change. It might be the foot (31 cms) of snow that fell the other day.
If the long range forecast holds, in ten days we should see a big reduction in the snow on the ground. There is lots to melt though.
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.
Didn’t you have a pavilion you boiled under last year.? I know you did a major downsizing this year, did you also move the location of where you are boiling.?
[QUOTE=Swingpure;413819]Sap should run today and tomorrow. I added a second fire bowl for the expected sap flow next week.
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The sap is not running quite as fast as I expected today, but that might change. It might be the foot (31 cms) of snow that fell the other day.
If the long range forecast holds, in ten days we should see a big reduction in the snow on the ground. There is lots to melt though.[/QUOTE
The sap ran well today, better than expected. My buddy who has a larger setup, collected 900 L of sap. That almost fills his new 1100 L storage tank.
I collected 45 gallons of sap, and it took me 12 hours to boil, finish, filter and bottle 5.25 L of fabulous tasting syrup. I finished boiling in the moonlight of the snow moon.
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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.
[QUOTE=Brien;413820]Didn’t you have a pavilion you boiled under last year.? I know you did a major downsizing this year, did you also move the location of where you are boiling.?
Originally Posted by Swingpure
I still have the pavilion. I wasn’t sure with an open fire if it would be safe to boil there. I think it would be okay, but one spark, in the wrong place, on the wood frame, could give me a greater boil than planned.
I am thinking about moving there next year. I will see what lessons I have learnt this year and maybe do something’s different. Whatever I do, I have to remember it is a hobby and don’t let my personality to do more, prevail.
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.
These are some of the colours of the syrup I have made this year.
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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.
Nice colour on your syrup.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays. 4.7L syrup.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
Just two thoughts from my last boil and filtering.
I had mentioned that as soon as I remove a filter, I put it into a bucket of clean water. I let the filters sit overnight in the bucket and the next day they easily and quickly get clean under hot water.
I did my upside down sailor hat without the optimizer for the filtering. This time with the increase amount of syrup, they lost their shape. Last year I would just order the optimizer, this year trying to go on the cheap, I will have to find a redneck way to help keep the sailor hat shape.
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.
Maybe use 3 wooden spoons tied at the top to create a tripod sitting in the bucket would work. Get new cheap ones at Dollarama.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays. 4.7L syrup.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
Thanks, I will give that a try. Tomorrow I am going to town and see if I’d an McQuiver some stainless steel items as well.
I did have a cone filter holder that I could have reversed and used, but sold it with all of my other stuff. I might buy one again, if I cannot get something to work that I like. https://youtu.be/Krq8hdv_lWQ?si=Z8dTh6rtuCKev4NN
I was impressed with the sailor hat idea.
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.
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