Maple Tubing is the modern way of collecting maple sap.
2 miles of 3/4" black tubing runs through the woods on Cline Road
Over 8 miles of 5/16" blue tubing carries sap from over 700 trees into one pipeline
Over 8 miles of 5/16" blue tubing carries sap from over 700 trees into one pipeline
Reverse Osmosis
Reverse Osmosis Machine
Reverse Osmosis (RO) is used to remove some of the
water from the sap.
Sap from a tree is only 2% sugar on average and 40 -50 gallons of sap would need to be boiled away to get 1 gallon of syrup. We remove enough water to increase the sugar content to 10% so we only have to boil 9 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.
This Innovation saves a lot of time and firewood.
We still burn around 12 cord of wood per year. All the wood is dead fall from the woods we tap. This ensures no additional CO2 is released into our environment.
We Pride ourselves on being green and protecting the environment.
water from the sap.
Sap from a tree is only 2% sugar on average and 40 -50 gallons of sap would need to be boiled away to get 1 gallon of syrup. We remove enough water to increase the sugar content to 10% so we only have to boil 9 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.
This Innovation saves a lot of time and firewood.
We still burn around 12 cord of wood per year. All the wood is dead fall from the woods we tap. This ensures no additional CO2 is released into our environment.
We Pride ourselves on being green and protecting the environment.
Evaporation
2 by 8 Stainless Steel Evaporator by Lapierre
We use a 2 by 8 all stainless steel evaporator to boil off the excess water. When the temperature hits 219 degrees we draw off some syrup through filters and check the density using a hydrometer. This ensures the syrup is thick enough to meet industry standards.
Our evaporator will boil around 40 gallons of sap per hour.
Wood is added to the evaporator every 8 minutes to keep the fire hot.
Our evaporator will boil around 40 gallons of sap per hour.
Wood is added to the evaporator every 8 minutes to keep the fire hot.
Bottling
The bottling and display area
The syrup is now heated up to the boiing point and the density is checked again.
While still hot the syrup is filtered a final time and bottled. Syrup must be bottled over 180 degrees to ensure it will seal properly and have a long shelf life.
While still hot the syrup is filtered a final time and bottled. Syrup must be bottled over 180 degrees to ensure it will seal properly and have a long shelf life.
Consumption
Pancakes are just 1 use for maple syrup
Maple Syrup is great on/with
Pancakes
Waffles
French Toast
Fried Dough
Ice Cream
Coffee
Tea
Oatmeal
Baking
And so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pancakes
Waffles
French Toast
Fried Dough
Ice Cream
Coffee
Tea
Oatmeal
Baking
And so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!