Well I had a slight technical difficulty with our last batch of syrup. As you can see in the photo above I have about a 1/4″ of sugar sand that settle out in last weeks batch of syrup. This has caused be a fair amount of stress trying to figure out the cause of the […]
I have found myself with a curious quandary regarding evaporation rates. One that could easily be solved if I took the time to carefully measure and record the amount of sap I boil off in a set period of time. While it sounds straightforward enough, my current liquid measuring tools are a 5 gallon bucket, […]
Well, after boiling for 6 hours on the evaporator, I reduced approximately 32-35 gallons of crystal clear sap with a sugar content of about 1.5% to approximately 5 gallons of sweet sap concentrate. I have no idea what the concentrate has for a sugar content, but I am going to guess its upwards of 10%. […]
