I’m filling this with syrup and going to let it sit for 6 months or so before we bottle it.
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Buckmaster
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My taps have dried up the past 4 days. I see a few trees growing red buds today.
Jouneryman has distilleries in Michigan and Indiana. I bought it from Midwest Barrels in Lincoln Nebraska. It's only 5 gallons and they had a variety of sizes from different distilleries to chose from.
Settled up today. My sap made 22 gallon of syrup, my share was 11 gallons. My 5 gallon whiskey barrel is actually 6 gallons. After filling that I have 5 gallons bottled.
Stressless
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Thank you for sharing this tale- really great work and reward!
Best,
Stressless
Best,
Stressless
Iowa_Buckeye
Smartest person here
Here’s my buddy’s set up. I stopped out to his farm to split some wood last week and he was boiling sap. He has 8 tins (maybe 3 gallons each) and it seems to work pretty well. Just constantly adds more sap and keeps moving it to the forward tins. Wood fired as you can see.
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Got my barrel aged syrup bottled. It is fantastic!!
Big_Holla
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The advice I got was to get a new, freshly emptied barrel every year. But I’m thinking pouring a fifth or 2 of cheap whiskey in the barrel for a few months should “refresh” it. I need to do more research
Had 170 taps this year. Collected about 1650 gallons of sap that made 36 gallons of syrup, my 1/2 will be 18 gallons.
Got a fresh barrel and filled it today.
Got a fresh barrel and filled it today.
I’m opening that bottle for Easter waffles! Thanks again…
I have the worst desire for pancakes now for some reason…
We have waffles for Sunday breakfast. So the syrup comes in handy….