Believe it or not Friday’s snow storm appears to have been great for sap! I did not empty the buckets last night and some of the single tree buckets are almost half full this morning. I had 44 gallons of sap on hand in the snow bank that I needed to boil down. I started […]
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%. […]
