Re: Adirondack Case Guy

Posted by Determined on April 14, 2015 at 14:30:26 from (216.130.212.165):

In Reply to: Adirondack Case Guy posted by Mark W. on April 14, 2015 at 10:48:26:

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Mark

We do a small scale syrup operation

I will share a few of the things we do that have worked for us for the past 5 years

Taps- you can but the plastic ones on-line for about a dollar each and they come with about 24 inches of hose on them already.

We bought ours from a syrup supply house in Ontario

Atkinson is the name of it , probably many others out there.

Local grocery store bakery usually has 2 gallon food grade plastic buckets that they get dough and icing in, we bought ours from them for 50 cents each with the lids.

Drill a hole in the lid for the hose and put one at the base of each tree and they will hold 2 days of sap when it is flowing good.

Cordless drill with a 7/16 flat bit will get you about 20 holes before the battery dies.

Drill in about 1 1/2 inch at a slightly upward angle low enough to the ground so that when the snow melts away under the bucket the hose dosent pull out

A light tap with a rubber mallet to install the tap and you are done

A couple of big rubbermaid tubs in the back of a pick-up or in a wagon behind a quad works well for gathering the sap

For cooking down the sap we built a wood fired cooker out of an old 2 foot x 4 foot stainless stock water bowl

it holds 35 gal comfortably and takes most of the day to cook down

wood is free for the cutting at our place so that is the way we went

If you are only doing a small amount then propane or electric could be used but it will probably cost you as much in fuel as the syrup would cost in the store

If you don't have all day to tend to it then bring it to a good boil to kill off the yuckys in it and it will keep longer until you have time to finish it

You don't want to keep sap around very long if it is warm out or it will turn into a thick ropy smelly mess

when down to the last 1-2 gal transfer to a stock pot and finish it on a hot plate outside or on the bbq side burner

Inside the house you will end up with a sticky humid mess on your walls and celings if you evaporate 40 gallons in a day

When you are finishing the syrup throw in a thermometer to check the boiling point for your altitude

Cook the syrup until you obtain 7 degree above the boiling point.

let it sit and cool overnight

next day pour it into another pot leaving the sand and sediment behind

Bring it back to a boil then pour it into steralized jars or bottles.

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