Making maple syrup

chardo · Jan 25, 2009

I'm going to make some syrup this year. I need to figure out the rate of evaporation of boiling water per sq.ft. of pan. Rough estimates wood be fine. The pan can be any size I like. We will be using a 55gal. wood burner for a heat soruce.
Also any good sources of info and any fourms to look at would be great too.

Chardo

eschatz · Jan 25, 2009

I don't know what the concentration rate is. It's something like 50 gal=5 gal but I'm not sure. I do know that you have to boil for FOREVER!

Stef1966 · Jan 25, 2009

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chardo · Jan 25, 2009

The consontration rate is about 40 to 1 depending on the sugar content of the sap you collect. So 40gal. would get you 1 gal. of finished syrup.

Chardo

eschatz said:
I don't know what the concentration rate is. It's something like 50 gal=5 gal but I'm not sure. I do know that you have to boil for FOREVER!

Yooper · Jan 25, 2009

chardo said:
The consontration rate is about 40 to 1 depending on the sugar content of the sap you collect. So 40gal. would get you 1 gal. of finished syrup.

Chardo

Yes, that's generally about right, depending on the make up of the sap each year. It goes vary a bit each year.

Making syrup is fun- I love doing it. We split the wood, too, for the burner, so it is a ton of work but it's really all about the satisfaction of doing it.

jspence1 · Jan 25, 2009

you can cheat and run the sap through an RO filter before you boil. Just remember you want to keep the waste water. that's what the commercial outfits do.

mattmcl · Jan 25, 2009

So 40gal. would get you 1 gal. of finished syrup.

No wonder it costs so much.

chardo · Jan 27, 2009

Labor intensive too

mattmcl said:
No wonder it costs so much.

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