making maple syrup

deerhunter1224 · 07-16-2007, 09:07 PM

Has one made maple syrup? I am thinking of trying it next winter. Anyone have any advice or suggestions?

jerseyhunter · 07-22-2007, 06:17 AM

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LeeinVa1 · 07-22-2007, 07:33 AM

Yea, my advice would be to just buy it. takes 40-45 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. sap runs in the late winter or early spring, depends on where you are located. there is a lot of equipment involved and a whole lot of labor. unless you plan on going into the business it really is not worth the time of effort.

cgguy · 07-22-2007, 08:05 AM

My dad makes about 50 gals a year as a hobby....thats what it starts as anyway! When he is all done he is so sick of it. When I was a kid we would boil sap on the cook stove but that took forever and was a mess. It can be done as a hobby but its a lot of work.