Any backyard(maple sap) boilers out there.

[2muchhp]

If so how's your year. I'm at about 5 gallons and down to my last 20 out of 145gal in the pan. That should yield about another 2gal +

 

[Desk Jockey]

I grew up in new orleans and for a minute I thought this post was about crawfish.

 

[Fitzwho]

I grew up in new orleans and for a minute I thought this post was about crawfish.

Don’t feel bad. Clicked on it expecting euro mounts.

 

[cnelk]

I thought it was about a wood fired boiler

 

[Clovis]

We are talking about maple syrup in case that isn't clear. Weak sugar season for me in my always small operation (~15 taps)--it is already over and a small yield ( about 2 gallons) compared to past few years.

 

[NB7]

I'm still trying to figure out what it is about

 

[ddd-shooter]

I grew up in new orleans and for a minute I thought this post was about crawfish.

Don’t feel bad. Clicked on it expecting euro mounts.

I figured if it wasn’t one, it was the other, lol

 

[NB7]

We are talking about maple syrup in case that isn't clear. Weak sugar season for me in my always small operation (~15 taps)--it is already over and a small yield ( about 2 gallons) compared to past few years.

ooohhhhh. gotcha

 

[Pdzoller]

I thought scalding chickens or rendering lard .
Cool thread though.

 

[2muchhp]

Lol, I never thought of the other options . Love me some crayfish, never boiled my own.
Ditto on the euro mount as well...

 

[2muchhp]

We are talking about maple syrup in case that isn't clear. Weak sugar season for me in my always small operation (~15 taps)--it is already over and a small yield ( about 2 gallons) compared to past few years.

A bit slow for me as well, about 40 taps here. Weather has just been so off. We just got about 12" of snow yesterday and now mid 40s for temps for the foreseeable future. Pulled the taps on Friday.

 

[2muchhp]

We've been tapped since February 3rd, damn long season , just been so off and on.

 

[Lvthntitall]

Ok educate me, what weather conditions do you need for good sap flow. Like learning about things I have no idea about.

 

[2muchhp]

Ok educate me, what weather conditions do you need for good sap flow. Like learning about things I have no idea about.

The short of it is below freezing at night and above during the day. The colder at night and warmer the day the better.

 

[2muchhp]

The maple tree is a real gift from god.
I supose anyway...

 

[Happy Antelope]

How cool

 

[2muchhp]

You want to read something interesting and amazing, Google Canada's reserve of maple syrup. Last I read it was around 100,000 barrels.
Yeah thats barrels

 

[Fitzwho]

That’s funny. After initial reading, I would have guessed you were back there distilling something other than maple syrup…

 

[Gbrecka]

Pulled taps yesterday, we’ve had enough. Made about 22 gallons on 65 taps in 3 weeks.

 

[Clovis]

You never know what you might learn on Rokslide--if you have access to a few sugar maples, the cost on entry is low--you need taps, buckets or bags for the sap and a way to boil it down outside. You can do it simple and small scale (hotel pan on a wood fire/propane burner) or as big, complex or expensive as the Roth Sugarbush catalog/website's outer limits (vacuum-assisted tubing, reverse osmosis, etc.). I recommend it as a great late winter/early spring project. I'm in New York these days but I know it can be done further south at least to Virginia, maybe further.