Red Roof Maples

[Jim Brown]

Hey Russ I sent you a PM.
We are nearly done maybe one or two good runs then clean up

Jim

[Russell Lampron]

Hi Jim,

I got your pm but haven't had time to check the instructions on the membrane preservative container yet. I will get back to you soon.

[Russell Lampron]

Yesterday I had to drain my evaporator and discard all of it's contents and start over. The night before I forgot to close the valve to the feed tank when I washed the RO and ended up with the RO soap in the evaporator. The blunder wasn't all bad because I made the first Light Amber that I have made in a long time last night.

Had a good run yesterday and I should get another one today. If I get enough to boil it will be the first time this season that I have boiled 3 nights in a row. I think the season is just starting here and I have only burned about a cord of wood to make 60 gallons of quality product so far. I have more than enough wood left to make another 60.

[royalmaple]

Mass quantities of quality product.

You know quality product in NH is still rot gut on our scale.
Hopefully you purged the blunders too when you cleaned the pans and it's all behind you now.

[Russell Lampron]

Rot gut indeed. Just ask the people at Yankee Magazine.

I got a new valve panel made up last night and I will be installing it today. No more RO soap in the evaporator. With all of the valves and pipes that I have in the RO room it is a wonder that I didn't have a problem before now.

Yesterdays run was a disappointment. Only collected 255 gallons and have to save that for the weekend. I was hoping to boil again last night to try to make more Light Amber. I like being at that end of the color spectrum.

I was hoping to make some Grade B for the upcoming open house. I have some Dark Amber that I think is borderline enough to call Grade B though and will can that up. Believe it or not I am getting request for it.

[TapME]

Russ, I hope you have a great weekend and sell all of that quality product. Maybe next year you can make a product that you can sell in Maine as syrup. LOL Lou.

[NH Maplemaker]

Russ, same here! We can make enough dark amber or B grade ! That is the fastest growing market here!! People buy light and Medium, But a lot more are going for the dark!!

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Can't blame them, it just tastes better.

[royalmaple]

I had people freaking out cause I had ex. dark amber. Couldn't believe it. Sold out and I have orders for more as soon as I make some. It would be nice if you guys could get that grade B name lifted and get and ex. dark A grade.

That's what I made last night, older sap but awesome flavor.

Keep up the good work.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Grade B, what's that?? I am with you, I label it as extra dark. I just don't like the sound of Grade B. Makes it sound inferior especially sitting beside a bunch of Grade A. In WV, we have no grading guidelines. Funny thing, a lot of the Dark A I made had a light or Medium Flavor, so I guess I could have labeled it that way if I was grading based on flavor.

I didn't make any Grade B/Extra Dark this year. Gonna miss it on the food, but that's how it goes.