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2023 Season

Tapped first trees February 5 (completed 2/9)
30 taps on 15 trees
Stopped collecting sap March 18
(could have collected a few more days)

Collected 432 gallons sap
14.4 gallons per tap
Brix of raw sap 2%

Boiled on ten days between Feb. 14th and Mar. 19th
Yield 10.25 gallons finished syrup
Ratio of sap to syrup 42.19 to 1

Notes:
Filters - Stopped using double filters. Only used the thick wool type filters, wet at draw off from evaporator, and again after finish before bottling. Push point of cone up into filter makes it drain faster. Paper type filters used to filter raw sap into storage tank.

Finish - Should see all of red line on brix, sometimes even going just below red line.

Draw - Draw off evaporator at 219 degrees near the valve and continue till large bubbles are gone or going away.