Syrup Evaporators

[Okiepan]

So just wondering how many out there make there own syrup ? What kind Maple , Sorghum, Molasses ?
Down here I grow , harvest , and squeeze , boil and make Sorghum syrup , So what do you make and what kind of equipment do you use ?

 

[NH Homesteader]

Maple syrup! My DH made an evaporator. We haven’t done it in two years thanks to babies and toddlers and work schedules, but we are making time for it this year!

 

[Hinotori]

We don't have any birch or big leaf maple so we can't make any. I want to see how well sorghum grows here.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I/we haven't but I want to lots of maples here

 

[tortoise]

I have tried maple syrup. DH and I were up all night with it. Good experience, but I prefer to sleep. I am interested in making sorghum syrup, but I need to learn to grow it first!

 

[Okiepan]

Get some quality seeds , plant according to your zone , then harvest , squeeze the juice from the cane , Boil the juice until it turns to the lovely brown syrup.
Quite easy to grow, harvest and processing is the most time consuming.
Good luck on your venture

 

[The Porch]

We do have Big Leaf Maples here, I know a gal that goes out every year and taps her trees,

 

[flowerbug]

we don't do any of those things but there are people around here who do that and i'm so glad they do because i love maple syrup and maple sugar candy.

for those are prone to wandering the internet looking up things RO is a thing that is used in making maple syrup and is interesting to read about.

 

[farmerjan]

Highland County in Va is known as "Little Switzerland", due to the elevation and has a niche "horticulture"; and has a huge number of sugar maple trees and they have a big "Maple"festival in March. There are traditional sap evaporation type methods at some of the maple camps, there is reverse osmosis at one, and some other methods. I do not do it myself since it is so available here even though it is not cheap to buy. I am supporting other locals. I did it once as a kid so know the basics if I had to.
There is one place that also does birch and some other saps. Some are pretty good.

 

[Britesea]

I would like to try birch syrup, just don't have the equipment yet.