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Fishing Media => Fishing Pictures => Off-Topic Pictures => Topic started by: adkRoy on Apr 02, 2007, 07:40 AM
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After hunting and icefishing. This is my favorite season. Making maple syrup. We make enough just for our family and friends. Here are some picts of us sugaring from Saturday.
our sap collectors
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping003.jpg)
Starting fresh at 8:00 am
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping008.jpg)
starting to boil now
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping009.jpg)
Really boiling away
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping010.jpg)
It can be boring out there all day. so to break up the monotony a little target practice:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping014.jpg)
almost syrup. At this stage you can smell the maple syrup and it tastes maple but not quite syrup yet
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping020.jpg)
The finished product
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/adkRoy/Syruping021.jpg)
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Pretty SWEET looking operation there Roy :D
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that is an awesome syrup bottle roy
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Yeah thats good stuff Roy! I stopped down at Jacks last weekend for my annual drink of cooking sap. Jack was hard at it after collecting 600 gallons of sap the day before, he said it's been an awsome year so far.
(http://www.iceshanty.com/images/2k7/mar/jack-cooking-sap.jpg)
-Scott
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Roy
Never really been exposed to the syrup process , is that all you have to do to it is boil and maybe filter it once the collection process is done ?
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Cool!! I was in the western ADK's over the weekend. I must have saw 12 sugar-shacks in the little bit of driving around i did. Them boys must like making syrup, up thata way! :D
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Roy
Never really been exposed to the syrup process , is that all you have to do to it is boil and maybe filter it once the collection process is done ?
We filter it abot 5 times before it makes it into the bottle. I highly recommend a book called the back yard sugarer. We started out with a brick fire place and a 15 gallon galvanized tub. Now we have a small evaporator good for up to 50 taps.
Scott,
There is nothing better than sipping the "maple tea" (cooking sap) as you are sugaring.
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Sounds like a little more work than I would have time for but I'm sure all well worth it .
Just looks like an interesting process .
I hear it takes a lot of sap to get little syrup reward .
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Great stuff, Im glad to see some other people doing it independently. It is very rewarding. My dad and I made about 16oz, this year, just enough for the two of us. How long can it be stored in the fridge? Weve been usuing it with pancakes and stuff but dont know how long it is "safe"
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Where's the still?
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Great stuff, Im glad to see some other people doing it independently. It is very rewarding. My dad and I made about 16oz, this year, just enough for the two of us. How long can it be stored in the fridge? Weve been usuing it with pancakes and stuff but dont know how long it is "safe"
You can store in the refrig for over a year.
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u guys making good syrup?? there was an article in the paper that said it takes like 43 gallons to make one gallon of true syrup?? that true?
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u guys making good syrup?? there was an article in the paper that said it takes like 43 gallons to make one gallon of true syrup?? that true?
40-50 gallons of sap boils down to 1 gallon of syrup.
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Is there really that much flavor difference in home made vs store bought to make it worth your time or is it really about the hobby and enjoying the end result of a self made product ?
Cant say I have ever had any fresh made so I don't know .
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Is there really that much flavor difference in home made vs store bought to make it worth your time or is it really about the hobby and enjoying the end result of a self made product ?
Cant say I have ever had any fresh made so I don't know .
Yes there is a big difference.
I like the grade B that is the last run, it is much darker in color and has much more maple flavor.
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Gonna have to try and find a local that does this and try and talk them out of some .
I dint realize there was different grades too .
just always bought the usual log cabin .
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I like the dark grade stuff because it has more flavor. A lot of people like the light amber because it looks pretty in the glass bottles.
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Great stuff, Im glad to see some other people doing it independently. It is very rewarding. My dad and I made about 16oz, this year, just enough for the two of us. How long can it be stored in the fridge? Weve been usuing it with pancakes and stuff but dont know how long it is "safe"
if its in the can with the seal it will last a long time without any refrigeration,once the seal is broken it must be refrigerated and will last for over a year.
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I also have one more question. When we put our syrup in the jar, after a week or two of sitting, sugar crystals start to form and separate. Why is that and how do you prevent it?
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I dint realize there was different grades too .
just always bought the usual log cabin .
Most of the stuff you buy at store isn't more than corn syrup and flavoring, not the real mckoy.
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I also have one more question. When we put our syrup in the jar, after a week or two of sitting, sugar crystals start to form and separate. Why is that and how do you prevent it?
That is just from the sugar crystalizing. It is because when we bottle the syrup it is very hot but as it coools the sugar may be over saturated and the excess sugar will start to crystalize. It tastes like a maple rock candy. You can also microwave the jar for about 15-30 seconds before using it. Make sure the cap is off though.
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Hey adkRoy, with that evapourator of yours, how big of a batch can you do in a day?
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We can do about a pint an hour with that evaporator. It is ment for up to 50 taps. We are just a small operation. Mostly for ourselves, family and friends. Anything else we sell but not much.
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Thats what I'm looking for, thats all I'm planning on doing is for the family and friends. When you say, 50 taps, does that mean 50 buckets of sap?
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nice set yupp
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Thats what I'm looking for, thats all I'm planning on doing is for the family and friends. When you say, 50 taps, does that mean 50 buckets of sap?
50 taps means 50 trees tapped. See my first picture. We can boil about 50-70 gallons of sap down in 1 day (10-12 hours) of boiling.
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hey roy, did you buy your pan at bascoms?
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hey roy, did you buy your pan at bascoms?
No we bought our's at Shaver Hill Farm over by Jefferson NY.
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man from the title I thought someone was getting a brazillian done!