Monday, March 8, 2010

Made some more syrup this weekend

This weekend brought my boiling days to five. I awoke early Saturday morning and boiled down 20 gallons so I could bring some nearly finished syrup up to the nature center to demonstrate how to finish off on a propane burner.

Sunday morning I modified my arch because it seemed to be choking for more air So I increased the air flow buy removing some fire bricks from the back half of the arch. Lit the fire and before long I had all four pans boiling really well. I was so pleased that I figured out the correct mix of air to fire. Now my evaporator runs cleaner, burns hotter, and boils sap down quick.

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