New shipment of spouts, used buckets and lids for sap collection, hydrometers and stainless steel testing containers. Aiming for 40 taps this season. My goal is to produce the most, highest quality syrup I can as a hobbyist backyard sugarer, with small hobby type equipment. Is sugarer even a word? If not I like it and will continue to use it.
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Last year was my first year making maple syrup on my own. I went from volunteering at large sap house, to boiling sap on my back deck in a lobster pot. In short I was starting from scratch and venturing on my own. My next step up, though still lacking my own sugar house, is getting a divided flat pan that I can use on a double outdoor burner. It’s basically custom made for what I’m doing. 36″ x 16″ – which will fit perfectly on an outdoor double burner. I even had a custom made sap pre-heater which fits perfectly inside! This will allow me to boil off 3…
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I’m getting ready for the latest maple tapping and boiling season. Last year was the first time I have ever taken on this venture by myself. I used to assist with a hobby sap house in the past (family and friends) and we’d make 100+ gallons of finished product every year. I think that ended due to the lack in volunteers to keep that type of production going, and too many cooks in the kitchen so-to-speak, on how it should be done; Make maple syrup properly that is. So last year I tapped about 15 trees and made roughly over a gallon of Maple syrup. So this year is going…
