Dave's Maple Syrup Blog » Products http://www.saptosyrup.com Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:07:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Jesse and the sugarbush http://www.saptosyrup.com/jesse-and-the-sugarbush http://www.saptosyrup.com/jesse-and-the-sugarbush#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 01:02:37 +0000 Dave http://www.saptosyrup.com/?p=455 Jesse was a great big help this year in the Sugar bush. Mike and I were really happy to have him pull such a long haul. I think Mike was the happier one of the two of us as he had been living in the sugar shack night and day for almost two weeks before we showed up.

Running and evaporator efficiently is no small task, it may seem like nothing is happening but you have to keep things “dialed in” or you loose your fire, flood the pan or burn the syrup. There are also strange things that can happen when you least expect them. Check out this vid of Jesse dealing with something called a steam lock. This happens when the sap in the pre-heater boils causing the pressure to block the flow of sap.

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http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1023597

What really peaked my interst was the when they mention Sortilège a maple syrup liqueur made by
Maison des Futailles

it looks like a fine treat that I would love to try.

whisky maple syrup blendwhisky maple syrup blend

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