I took about 200 gallons down to 10 and hope to come away with about 5 gallons finished from that. Temps look good for the week, so hopefully I should have another 200 to boil next weekend.
sam
I took about 200 gallons down to 10 and hope to come away with about 5 gallons finished from that. Temps look good for the week, so hopefully I should have another 200 to boil next weekend.
sam
Not much flow this week. I have about 80 gallons to boil at the moment. Will probably wait until Sunday as tomorrow has promise for some good flow.
Sam
I'm sitting on 50 in the tank and hoping for some more tomorrow. Right now I'm setting up my finishing for outside vs the kitchen as I don't think my stove gets the syrup hot enough
2025 - 48 taps, all but 8 on gravity tubing
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X16 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
I boiled off between 80 and 100 yesterday and also tossed the almost syrup I had from last weekend back in to get everything down to about 8 gallons that is off by 3-4 brix. Hopefully I can fire up the turkey fryer and get everything finished tonight and start bottling tomorrow. Then we should get one more good for a nice boil next weekend and I will be done with what I need for the year.
Once sugaring is done I can get back to work on the sugar shack.
sam
yeah I'm gonna dump what I pulled saturday back into the pan..no way it's close. I did find and clean a black spot over the weekend...Came up with some water/vinegar mix and a good 2 hour boil. Turned out to be a small dent in the bottom. Possibly an over-zealous wooding. At any rate, I rotated the pan so that the dent is on the coolest part of the stove. After the season I'll have to see what can be done.
So far I've collected about 225 gallons and boiled all but 10.
2025 - 48 taps, all but 8 on gravity tubing
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X16 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
Humping sap tonight is going to be a serious work out.
sam
hope so as I only pulled 25 gallons last night in prep for tomorrows boil.
Frickin 12V pump died after one session. I hate these things.
I have to dump 4 gal os concentrate back in..my POS thermometer was way off when it called out "219". Prolly 214.
2025 - 48 taps, all but 8 on gravity tubing
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X16 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
You're not kidding!Originally Posted by sams64
173 on 3/16 natural vac for 2023
36 buckets
2 x 5 Smoky Lake Hybrid pan on a custom arch
RB25 from RO Bucket
12x24 salvaged sugarhouse built by wife's grandpa
1965 Massey Ferguson 165 tractor to haul sap.
If tomorrow is the last day I will probably have totalled around 280 gallons of Sap from only 8 taps.
Crazy season
holy god HOW?
2025 - 48 taps, all but 8 on gravity tubing
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X16 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
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