Love the video and your set up! You probably already figured this out but I'll suggest it just in case. You should open your feed valve just a bit and leave it open, watch your sap level and adjust to keep it around 1.5 - 2 inches. Add to your preheat pan as needed and trickle finished syrup out as it gets close to temperature. By using this method, you will keep a steady boil going and be far more efficient. Happy sugaring, keep up the good work! Smoky Lake rocks!
Appreciate the advice!! I don't keep it always open because the propane setup I had didn't boil it off fast enough. This year went with a new wood arch so it should work as you suggest...
You should include the link to the next video in your description for this video. I think I see it in the recommended list, but you should make it easy for people to find your next video. You have an excellent set up there and it sounds as if you know what you are doing.
Nice and informative video but as you know,you should adjust your thermometer at least every day, as the atmospheric pressure changes all the time, and it affect the boiling point temperature.
@@sugarshacknation2644 I suppose I should give my evaporator thermometer more attention, but there are so many other indicators that we watch ; viscosity, taste, etc. We boil it to where it is getting close to syrup, but finish it off on a propane finishing pan or our stove. We pay real close attention at that point.
You always want to use new lids. If I reuse bottles I will boil them for about 15 min. If using new bottles I will use them out of the box. Then I fill the bottles at 180 degrees, cap them, lay them on there side. This process sterilizes them after you fill them. Hope this helps.
If I know I'm not going to boil for a couple days due to weather, I will empty the pan into a bucket and give it a quick wash out then add it back in when I get more sap and ready to boil again.
Evaporator pan is a Badgerland Mapleworks out of Wisconsin. Great pan. Visit there website, they have all sorts of sizes and accessories.. I put it on a new WF Mason 2x3XL this year. You can see it in the new video.
@dakotawillamson It is a Bayou Classic. 8 gallon stainless stock pot. They come in different sizes. Anywhere online carries them. Make sure you get one with the valve...
When I'm filtering out of the pan it's more as a pre filter. Then I boil it down in a pot to get the consistency right wher I want it. Then filter it to bottle it...
Love the video and your set up! You probably already figured this out but I'll suggest it just in case. You should open your feed valve just a bit and leave it open, watch your sap level and adjust to keep it around 1.5 - 2 inches. Add to your preheat pan as needed and trickle finished syrup out as it gets close to temperature. By using this method, you will keep a steady boil going and be far more efficient. Happy sugaring, keep up the good work! Smoky Lake rocks!
Appreciate the advice!! I don't keep it always open because the propane setup I had didn't boil it off fast enough. This year went with a new wood arch so it should work as you suggest...
Clearly explained, great video. I'm hoping to get a divided pan like that at some point
You should include the link to the next video in your description for this video. I think I see it in the recommended list, but you should make it easy for people to find your next video. You have an excellent set up there and it sounds as if you know what you are doing.
Nice!
Awesome, really helpful to see the process
Nice setup!
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From Topsham VT
Good video,good equipment.thx
Nice setup.
Nice job 👍
Nice and informative video but as you know,you should adjust your thermometer at least every day, as the atmospheric pressure changes all the time, and it affect the boiling point temperature.
That is good advice and i try to but most of the time the sap is covering it ....
@@sugarshacknation2644 I suppose I should give my evaporator thermometer more attention, but there are so many other indicators that we watch ; viscosity, taste, etc. We boil it to where it is getting close to syrup, but finish it off on a propane finishing pan or our stove. We pay real close attention at that point.
We make molasses here in NC like this. Good video!
We make maple syrup in NC too ;)
Good advice
I hope to do some sap boiling,and produce some maple syrup next year.
👍just came in from 10 hours of boiling...where’d you get the 7 gal pot? I need one of those!😁
It's a Bayou Classic. Ordered it online...
Do you have a video of what the burner serup is like under your evaporator?
Nice hat bub!
Thanks Diego. Came from originalmaine.me
Do you sterilize your glass bottles and lids. I have new bottles and lids.
You always want to use new lids. If I reuse bottles I will boil them for about 15 min. If using new bottles I will use them out of the box. Then I fill the bottles at 180 degrees, cap them, lay them on there side. This process sterilizes them after you fill them. Hope this helps.
I like the finisher pail. What brand is it? Where did you get it?
I bought it online. It is an 8 gallon stainless stock pot. Spout on the bottom. This brand is Bayou Classic...
Great video. I was wondering though, what do you do with the unfinished sap left in the evaporator?
I keep adding to it during the season...
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Okay cool… so no need to clean it out every time you use it?
If I know I'm not going to boil for a couple days due to weather, I will empty the pan into a bucket and give it a quick wash out then add it back in when I get more sap and ready to boil again.
Where did you get your evaporator? What was the price for just the evaporator,no bottom burner.
Evaporator pan is a Badgerland Mapleworks out of Wisconsin. Great pan. Visit there website, they have all sorts of sizes and accessories.. I put it on a new WF Mason 2x3XL this year. You can see it in the new video.
Where did you get your propane stand
I made the stand. Since then I went with a WF Mason wood fired.
What is thw brand of your finishing pot, and where could I get one?
@dakotawillamson It is a Bayou Classic. 8 gallon stainless stock pot. They come in different sizes. Anywhere online carries them. Make sure you get one with the valve...
@@sugarshacknation2644 Thank you!
You are boiling after filtering,that defeats the filtering.
When I'm filtering out of the pan it's more as a pre filter. Then I boil it down in a pot to get the consistency right wher I want it. Then filter it to bottle it...
Is your shop vented? Notice you’re using a propane burner inside, might start to feel a little funny!
It has an 8 foot cupola with windows that open. plenty of fresh air drafting through...
If it wasn't, you'd be in a sauna pretty soon with all that evaporation!
Not a big fam of the gauge boiled for over 8 hrs 50 gallons never did hit the 7
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