My smaller trees had damp wood chips from drilling, the larger trees had bone dry chips.
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My smaller trees had damp wood chips from drilling, the larger trees had bone dry chips.
2014: 1st year w/ 6 taps (Silver Maple, Black Walnut), evaporator = 26" diameter carbon steel wok on customized turkey fryer burner. Syrup had a maple-butterscotch-caramel corn flavor. Concentrated the sugar by freezing all sap before boiling ("poor man's R.O.") as an experiment.
2015 - Currently: 11 taps (Silver Maple, Black Walnut, Norway Maple).
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