Posted by Adirondack case guy on March 08, 2016 at 17:36:57 from (74.69.160.79):
The cold weather set in last week and froze everything up. Warmed up yesterday and sap started running again. We filled all our 2000gal of storage plus both 275gal gathering tanks by 4:00 this afternoon. We have made just under 200gals. of nice, what is now graded @ Grade A-Amber Color. Not sure I like the new gradeing system, but at least it is now standardized in the N East, and Canada. The cousin fired the evaporators at 9:30. Pulled the first batch of syrup off the big evaporator at about 1:00. Batches run about 12-15 gals each. The smaller evaporator was lagging about an hr. behind, because the sap was deeper in the pans when it was shut down last. WE have some crappy wood to burn because after the corn harvest the uncles decided to cut a hedgrow between two fields to be cleared this spring. A lot of Basswood, which in my opinion only makes smoke. I think this is going to be a short season. I may be done 10 days from now. Loren
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