Prior to running this years syrup (2014) I figured I would run what I had left over of last years (2013) syrup though Daryl Sheets Filter Press. I probably had a little more than a gallon of syrup that I had real issues filtering last year. Some of the frustration I now know was finishing […]
So we hooked up the new filter press form Daryl Sheets two weekends ago. Prior to running syrup though I did this one set up where we ran hot water with filters & diatomaceous earth (DE) though the press to make sure everything was clean and rinsed out real well. This was the trial run […]
Last weekend I finally got around to taking our last batch of maple sap concentrate and reducing it to syrup. An hour or so of boiling and we were ready to filter. This go around I wanted to use a jelly bag filter that I had read about online and ordered from Amazon. It was […]
