Is there some formula to find out the sugar percentage of my sap from taking the amount boiled to produce syrup? I don't have a refractormeter.
Is there some formula to find out the sugar percentage of my sap from taking the amount boiled to produce syrup? I don't have a refractormeter.
Jerome
Yes there is. It's called the "Rule of 86". It's a rule of thumb derived from a lot of complex calculations and boiled down to a simple formula:
86 / sugar percentage = sap-syrup ratio
or
86 / sap-syrup ratio = sugar percentage
I used this just last night:
26.7 gallons of sap boiled / .63 gallons of finished syrup = 42.3 sap-syrup ratio
86 / 42.3 = 2.03% sugar in the sap.
Patrick
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thanks
It looks like my trees are putting out 5.5%
Jerome
I sure wish mine were getting 5.5%. That is indeed great if you are boiling to the proper density to do the calculations. There are new trees that get that and a little more but I have not heard of any natural trees running that high.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
they are road side trees
Jerome