How to Make Maple Syrup Part Two: Gather the Sap.

Pour the buckets into 5 gallon pails

(Remove ice first, if there is any).

Empty the pails down the standpipe

The pipes bring it all the way down the mountain to the tank at the back of the saphouse (which doesn’t normally have a person standing in it).

Time to boil!

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2 Responses to “How to Make Maple Syrup Part Two: Gather the Sap.”

Carol Clay Says:
18 March, 2011 at 5:36 pm

I love this step-by-step. Beautiful photos and a laugh at the end.

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cheyenne Says:
19 March, 2011 at 5:36 am

Is the sap really that clear watery looking stuff? Does it taste like anything (anything you may think to yourself, “hey, if I boiled this for several hours, I bet it would ROCK!”)? We made maple syrup ice cream tonight and topped it with bacon. Pretty good, but the bacon sort of overpowered the maple flavor, which was pretty subtle.

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