

More Trees = Bigger Evaporator
For 2016, we were able to pick up an additional 300 new taps all in one location. This should double our production on syrup! But with more taps, means more sap. With more sap, the more time it will take to reduce the sap into syrup and the more wood it will take to create enough heat. Our 2015 evaporator boiled off an estimated 12-15 gallons of sap per hour. With this, we were barely able to keep up with 180 trees. In order to be more efficient, we spent a lot of time in the