Maple syrup time?

[gowbushkon]

Important thing to know when the sap gets low in the pan and starts to foam that a sign that its time to take off the stove or you will have maple candy instead of syrup.

[johny]

Important thing to know when the sap gets low in the pan and starts to foam that a sign that its time to take off the stove or you will have maple candy instead of syrup.

And if you turn your back on it, within a few minutes you'll have a burned pan.
Never walk away for even a few minutes, near the end of the boil.

[Hunter John]

Yep, we got maple candy , lol . We will try again as we have another 3 gallons so far.

[jaycee]

when the sap is at a rolling boil, you still have a lot of water content, however when it gets to the frothy stage, immediately and I mean immediately remove from heat and add a teaspoon of butter to kill the froth as at this time you have pure maple syrup.

[Hunter John]

Good to know, we have another 5 gallons and will try again this afternoon.

[werner.reiche]

http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/03/30/...-lanark-county

"West of Pembroke, Ray Bonenberg of Mapleside Sugar Bush says the season is possibly the best in 25 years. It started early in March thanks to El Niño, and it just won’t quit."

Ray's bush is one lot away from mine. I was up last Monday - there's still about a foot and a half of snow in the bush.

[otto11]

The last couple weeks at the families sugar bush have been ridiculous. Just yesterday in the evening we had collected 150 gallons and we no longer have storage space so another boil will be happening today. Even the days you think the sap won't run we still collect between 40-60 gallons. My brother (OddMott) has picked a great time to go touring around Ireland.....

[Oddmott]

The last couple weeks at the families sugar bush have been ridiculous. Just yesterday in the evening we had collected 150 gallons and we no longer have storage space so another boil will be happening today. Even the days you think the sap won't run we still collect between 40-60 gallons. My brother (OddMott) has picked a great time to go touring around Ireland.....

Well, the bride chose this time.... And she's gotten an ear full.

But, Ireland has been AWESOME, so I can't get too upset about missing the sap season.

[KMG Canada]

Gotta agree with the above ... best season in awhile, I have run out of storage for the sap!

[Sinker]

I've been boiling non stop for 5 days. Crazy amounts of sap. I can barely keep up. I have been lucky to be off work for the last 7, so I timed it just right. So far finished 25.5 litres of syrup, 16 of them in the last 3 days. Will be over 30 by the time I am done what I have collected right now, and it doesn't look like we are done yet.

Sometimes I wonder why I do all this work for syrup. I hardly use it, but we have had some great times the last few days messing around in the woods and watching sap boil LOL

S.