Went out with the boy Sunday to check the taps and was a little nervous. We ended up with close to a 5 gallon bucket full of sap. If this flow kept up I would have been in trouble! Luckily Sunday night brought a good freeze and slowed the sap enough that I only ended […]
Another week into my first sugaring season. I gave one pound (12 fluid oz) of my syrup away at the beginning of the week to a guy at work who is going to be brewing some maple beer. The beer, either a porter or stout, should be ready for consumption in a couple months. Tried […]
This Saturday was my best sap haul so far this season. I had about 6 quarts that I froze thursday night and collected close to 3 gallons Saturday morning with the family. There was a small learning curve with using the gas grill to boil the sap down but after a half hour of experimenting […]
