Originally Posted by
Mrk59rsk
Syrup looks great! You using the bucket filters?
I purchased some after seeing your post on them, syrup showed cloudy
after filtering. { 3 prefilters than orlon }
I am using a homemade vacuum filter, that 4walls shared with me how to make it. It works super fast and filters extremely well.
I use two thicker round filters and four, sometimes five round pre filters.
One thing I have been doing the last few times, is I have a five gallon bucket mostly filled with water and after I finish filtering, I take all of the filters and drop them in the bucket and it is amazing how well it cleans the filters, before I have a chance to really rinse them clean.
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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