Maple Syrup

[ir3333]

Any of you guys build and or operate a maple syrup evaporator?

 

[Ddaddy]

Back when I was a kid, we used to go up to my uncles farm in New Hampshire and spend a week helping him evaporate the maple sap into syrup. He had a few set ups like this and the kids would tend the evaporators all day.

 

[ir3333]

... it can be as simple or as complicated as you like.Complex reverse osmosis systems
are thousands of dollars.My first time this year...very rewarding.
I sure thought with 30,000m members there would be somebody on the site making syrup this spring!

 

[4spdragtop]

Gentleman where we stored our cars had 100 acres of sugar Bush. Had a drive in shed where he made it. The whole inside of the shed was like taffy lol.
Amazing, nothing like it. Frickin diabetes.....
That's a pretty cool setup you got!
Isnt the ratio something like 50:1?

 

[ir3333]

Gentleman where we stored our cars had 100 acres of sugar Bush. Had a drive in shed where he made it. The whole inside of the shed was like taffy lol.
Amazing, nothing like it. Frickin diabetes.....
That's a pretty cool setup you got!
Isnt the ratio something like 50:1?

I made the evaporator last fall.The sap this year was very high in sugar.I averaged 33:1
lots and lots of work!

 

[383Scampman]

My neighbor has a state of the art reverse osmosis in his second year of production , very productive . Has about 12,000 taps with vacuum pumps . It'll take another 2 years to get his investment back . Beautiful operation , great product

 

[ir3333]

We always got syrup from a neighbour but he moved last year so we used store bought syrup ...yuk!
We have about 40 maple trees and i tapped 32 this spring.
It was something i always wanted to try.

 

[Ddaddy]

We always got syrup from a neighbour but he moved last year so we used store bought syrup ...yuk!
We have about 40 maple tees and i tapped 32 this spring.
It was something i always wanted to try.
Very rewarding.

Store bough maple flavored syrup commonly used on pancakes only contains 10-15% real maple syrup. The rest is just corn syrup with other flavors added.

Nothing like the real stuff.