Sunday, March 21, 2010

Production upgrades- Boiling cancelled today due to snow, cold & laziness !

The BBQ boiling method was somewhat slow and laborious, and the evaporated sap started to bung up the burner jets !

Too much work required to cut, split and fetch wood, so, a little internet research and I came up with the BAYOO Classic, three burner, outdoor stove, which arrived on Friday.



The white and green containers are full of sap. About 75 litres !



Pan on left is for pre-boil. Check out colour of boiling sap on right.



Represents most of the 2010 output. There is still one more "boil", but the sap has stopped running and as you can see in the next picture I have cleaned and sterilised four buckets, lids and spiles, ready for storage 'til 2011. Eight taps this year was a good start. I plan on doing about 30 next year !




2 comments:

Rebecca said...

Can't wait to get our sample!

sarah said...

I had a taste....it was delicious!!! Way to go, Phillip