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They are basically the same taps that maple industry uses. I have ordered online pretty cheap and bought a few local (there are birch syrup makers here). Page 5 in the link to the pdf in a previous post on this thread has the details on how deep to drill, what trees to tap etc.

I tapped 6 trees, all 10" to 16" diameter. The season is short in AK compared to the maple season back East (2-3 weeks here in Anchorage even shorter in Fairbanks is what I have heard). First sap of the season has more sugar in it but on average is around 80-1 where maple is 40-1 (these are to...

Not sure if you were asking this of me or not but I'll answer anyway! I did end up making a batch with the birch sap I collected using an IPA recipe off the shelf of the brew store. Ended up drawing 33 gallons of sap and boiled down to 3 1/2 gallons of concentrated sap (would have had to...

Am getting ready to get a batch of birch ipa going on Saturday. I am boiling down the last 6 gallon batch of sap to about 3/4 gallon. By the time I brew I will have about 3 1/2 gallons of the concentrated sap boiled down from 27 gallons of sap. This will be the base of the brew but will need...

Had heard others mention the same when trying types of wine with Birch sap/syrup, but have had a couple of micro brewers contest it. I tried a beer made that I think came out of White Horse, Yukon or Haines, AK that was primarily brewed with sap and syrup added (along with m.e.) and it was a...

You are right, birch sap has a lot less sugar than maple, 80 gallons sap for 1 gallon pure syrup. It is also a different type of sugar (fructose). I am in the middle of tapping now. Instead of making all syrup this year am going to try boiling down 30 gallons of sap to a 5 gallons of...

What did you find out with this experiment? I am in the middle off tapping birch right now and usually make syrup. This year am going to boil down 20 gallons sap to a 5 gallon concentrate and use it as my base. Curious to know what you found?