Making Maple Syrup at Home (Start to Finish)

In today's video, I'm making maple syrup at home, going from tree to pancake. We tap a handful of maple trees on our homestead and we produce maple syrup at a small scale. We've developed a simple system to get the most from the maple sap harvested on our Vermont farm.
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[@nossavida_nossacultura]

Awesome addition to our homeschool studies this morning of the Northeast! We are off to appreciate our maple syrup today :)

[@ladyb003]

I don't mind paying more for maple syrup....for the very fact of how much work goes into it. Thanks for sharing your way to make it. Very interesting. Take care.

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thank you!

[@mitchellmaverick9788]

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[@conradezequiel5851]

@Mitchell Maverick Instablaster ;)

[@mitchellmaverick9788]

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[@mitchellmaverick9788]

@Conrad Ezequiel it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thanks so much you saved my account !

[@leslieMClass80]

Wow, I never realized how much work goes into this. Thanks for the extremely informative video! Have a good day!

[@GoldShawFarm]

It ain't easy, but it's totally worth it. Thanks, Leslie!

[@seananderson5850]

Mrs. ButterWorth is corn syrup FYI. Look at the ingredient list

[@e-doc4787]

Man, this is the video I needed. Informative but from the perspective of a small self-serving operation. We are excited to give this a try this spring!

[@GoldShawFarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SacredSalmonFish]

damn that looks tasty. No sugar, no added stuff, no GMO... at the end of the day, uve got healthy and tasty stuff

[@andhyalvarez21]

Love the rainbow road remix as the BGM.

[@MrTanman210]

Lol i caught that too!

[@adventureawakes]

I enjoyed watching your video! My family and I have been making Maple Syrup in our backyard for a few years now. We use a small wood-fired evaporator that we purchased off Craigslist a few years ago. That was a game-changer for us! We boil most of the water out of our sap outdoors with the evaporator and then finish it off inside the house before canning it.

[@mollypierce7229]

Came for the Maple syrup tips, left with a better grasp on the concept. Thank you! Rancid 🤘

[@aqueento]

Be generous, totally love that!

[@kjsinsaino]

The orange buckets from Home Depot are food grade HDPE.

[@savedbeliever]

Out are so talented and resourceful.

[@eileenpalumbo6578]

Nobody likes gritty pancakes ha ha! Great video. You explained the process really well. Thanks for sharing.

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks, Eileen.

[@GTO90s]

Bear: Im coming to take your syrup. Man: 😨.

[@dweeblenose]

Love the rancid reference

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks! I'm glad somebody got that one.

[@Eriknorth87]

I’m here for the Rancid content.

[@AlongTheRiverHomestead]

You just made me hungry!! Next year I am trying maple syrup !!! I think I'm out of time for this year but next year I am all in!! can't wait!!

[@GoldShawFarm]

It's a lot of fun and it's the first "food production" project we have on our homestead each year.

[@Citystead]

This was so awesome! Such an interesting process

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thank you, Josh! How is your sugaring going?

[@BeefyPhill]

Lol is this music Rainbow Road from Mario Kart? 😂 I approve 10/10

[@t.l.7854]

Alright, we're here, just sitting in the car, I want you to show me if you can get far

[@kimberlywagner1638]

Great job😊

[@pepecocomax]

Another great video. So interesting to see how that was done.

[@GoldShawFarm]

It's a very fun process!

[@bettinah.7429]

Excellent! I can almost taste it!!

[@GoldShawFarm]

It was good!

[@clo4473]

Z A M B O N I T E C H N O L O G Y

[@magnoliapowers1209]

Does it hurt the trees when you remove sap? I didn’t want to make it, just wanted to learn more. Excellent video!! Also the videos are no longer linked.

[@LavendarRain]

Glad all i have to do us go in the store and buy it. I see why it's so expensive now.

[@CO84trucker]

I'm from Ohio and while our maple syrup isn't as renown as that of Vermont or Canada, I would never settle for telephone pole syrup (better known as pancake syrup)!!!

[@patrickc8190]

Hi Great video, just curious on the dimensions of your cooking pans? How deep are they? 8"?

[@joewagner934]

3:45 is that the Rainbow Road music from Mario Kart 64?

[@richardvogel1195]

This is my first time doing this. I put in 16 taps yesterday and got 25 or so gallons today. I have no idea if that's good or not

[@rizzorizzo2311]

I was dying inside trying to remember where I’d heard that midi tune before. Glanced down at my arm later and saw my Boognish tattoo and it hit me! ITS THE HIV SONG!

[@kellysauerhage8898]

Yum

[@TheValleyofelk]

Hi. I live in Oregon. We have mature sugar maple trees. I saw your cinder block firepit. Looked like around 20? Also what do you use to filter sap with ? Great video. Thx

[@debraburgess8453]

Yummm

[@badasshiker9637]

This is not unlike making sorghum molasses. The real work is in cooking the sap and getting the fire right so you don't scorch it.

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

So what’s the difference between getting it from a tree and bowling sugar water?

[@DHTWITCH420]

How do you get the different grades of maple syrup like the fancy

[@sidkemp4672]

How many trees do you need to tap to get 40 gallons of sap?

[@timothytaggart3289]

The background music is too loud.

[@owenhalverson9119]

Your phone volume is to loud sounds perfect mid volume

[@vinasol1161]

Welllllllll it is a smidge loud

[@Nb19873]

Your comment is too loud.

[@Antiquetractorsetc]

I do not eat fake syrup ever. I didn’t know you were up in vt. I’m in eastern mass. We go up to NH often and get breakfast so we can have real syrup

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... 🎥👍👍👍

[@Yehoshua1278]

First step *grow a maple tree*

[@maybmb_]

I come here from the future... Thank you, KZbin...

[@ssergeant9682]

This is my first time making syrup from my maple trees. I had to boil it down in batches, but I think I may have reduced it too far. it's VERY crystallized. almost hard. I still have fresh sap. can I add that to what I have and fix it? I probably have about a quart of 'syrup'. it's really good, but I'd have to heat it to use it.

[@keishamurray2711]

Now I'm going to have to go home and make pancakes

[@GoldShawFarm]

Enjoy!

[@il3968]

Step 1 live in Canada… 😢 I live in New York 😔

[@TheValleyofelk]

Where did the pans come from?

[@TheLordOfBeans]

Dont think i didnt notice that music

[@Crymzon1980]

Why does the opening song remind me of Parappa the rapper ?

[@nickdershem9357]

Have you tried continuing to evaporate it nd make sugar?

[@GoldShawFarm]

I haven't yet. I'm always so worried I'll over cook it. I might try a batch next year. We'll see.

[@nickdershem9357]

@@GoldShawFarm I think it would be neat trying it once or twice. It's more of a powder than cane or beet sugar and doesn't seem worth it to do on a regular basis

[@tristenhinkle1305]

Good video, but the music is very distracting.

[@crazycoyote1738]

Bro, such a good and simple video, and you had to add that annoying background music??

[@chocloditelensman]

Go to the store and buy some for $20. Done.

[@windyloom2267]

If you do it on your house the walks get very sticky. Do not make the mistake I did. 😁

[@tm-dr8ym]

You should make wood burning stove with a shed to burn useless stockpile of wood, which you burn without any purpose instead of propane gas , for an environmental point of view.

[@angelikamessenger1237]

Very interesting video but the music was crazy repetitive and too loud - sorry :)

[@peryole]

who tf has wallpaper nowadays. Also I live at sea level it's literally 100% humidity here most of the year, but I'm also not crazy enough to boil that shit indoors, it's not the humidity, it's how hot it'll make the house.

[@vibewater1722]

You are fighting for attention with background music ajust pls

[@rosebatham3342]

That background music/ noise looping through out very informative video is horrible

[@rosebatham3342]

Hate to complain but it’s mindnummimg

[@concreteman03]

Maple Syrup but it's from the United States

[@qualityassurance9523]

great video except for the obnoxious music why do you have to compete with music I want to hear what you have to say ditch the Music otherwise awesome video thanks for posting

[@TheAmazingHuman]

Great content! 💕 I could've loved it more without the background circus music.

[@Greens5511]

I used to think I wanted to tap trees and make syrup....I think I will just pay extra and let someone else do the work 👍

[@GoldShawFarm]

Ha. That's not a bad strategy.

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

Love the ducks on the wall behind you.

[@littlewhitedory1]

#me too!

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks. That picture was a Christmas gift. I really enjoy it.

[@jonathannerz1696]

Did anyone else notice that the background music is the Mario Kart 64 Rainbow Road theme?

[@alsinakiria]

My uncle came up with a very unique way to catch the sap. Instead of a bucket we use 2L pop (soda) bottles. Cut one hole for the spout and another for the hook and it stays on the tree just fine. Since we have a bunch of different spigots we cut the bottles at the tree after measuring against the spigot sebas to have a snug fit. It's completely free so we don't have to buy buckets. We only have a few, not enough for all our trees. You don't even have to take it off the tree to collect it l. Just remove the cap to turn it and pour into the collection bucket. Protects the sap from the rain, snow and bugs.

[@andrewwells107]

Great video but, I would be very careful using cinder blocks to make the wood burning evaporators because they are porous and absorb water they explode when heated to high temperatures. Always use clay bricks made fireplaces and ovens. Once again amazing video!

[@leppardess]

I know this is an old video but that was incredibly informative. I mean, I know the basics of how to make maple syrup (vaguely) but this gives me a whole new appreciation for all the work that goes into maple syrup. Thank you.

[@russbear31]

Believe it or not we actually have one town here in Missouri that makes maple syrup and holds an annual maple festival. (Sugar maples are rare west of the Mississippi River.) They think birds brought the seeds across the river thousands of years ago, pooped them out, and established a small maple sugar forest along the banks of the river. Every January the people in town rush out to tap the trees and boil up batches of syrup. 😃

[@SunshineFarm]

This video was SO well done Morgan! So thorough, and I completely agree with everything you said, based on our first experience making maple syrup. Propane is NOT cost effective. We will be brainstorming over the summer and fall to design a better system for evaporating. It worked, but it took FOREVER! And we still have over 40 gallons of sap to boil down. 🙈 -Jenn

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thank you!

[@GATMAN509]

The music has to go but great video overall

[@SqueakyCheeks23]

I know I’m real late but I really appreciated that Rancid reference 😂

[@KenChloeSmith]

Me too 😂

[@kaedydoyle9727]

I really like vermont maple syrup, a small local shop here (Wellington, New Zealand) sells it.

[@guy_b]

Great info. The music drives me a bit bonkers though, it's like being trapped in a Pacman maze!

[@Cocobear7007]

Thank you for making all that delicious maple syrup. There is no going back to fake cheap syrup. I’m going to try the dark maple syrup next time. So yummy with pancakes!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

This was so cool! (loving your podcast too, btw)

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thank you! I really appreciate that feedback.

[@littlewhitedory1]

Definitely seems well suited for the young and enthusiastic! Pass the maple syrup jug.....please! My mouth is watering watching this. So Morgan, when's the next open house at Gold Shaw Farms!

[@GoldShawFarm]

I'm not sure. I'm trying to plan a day this summer. I'll let you know as soon as I have it figured out.

[@littlewhitedory1]

@@GoldShawFarmif it coincides with the harpoon brewery's BBQ contest there's a small chance I could make it! Otherwise it's a long haul.

[@constancemiller3753]

This is like the laid back Bill Nye the science guy for foodies. Please do a segment on maple candy in the snow? Well done, you earned it :)

[@digarcia1890]

Very interesting but music was Irritating and distracting-sry

[@GoldShawFarm]

Ha. Sorry. I love those tunes. Not a fan of the electric piano, eh?

[@digarcia1890]

@@GoldShawFarm haha sry no

[@roblena7977]

Those canadian do make some legendary zambonnis.

[@CaptainVampire_]

multumesc!greetings from canadian zero

[@coco4144]

If you do cook your maple syrup indoor. Have the stove fan on

[@danehansen3960]

Is that Ween's HIV song in the background?

[@zacharsenault6018]

you know this guy is legit by the red plaid shirt

[@Ooooooooyay2.o]

3:17

[@q_estionall7424]

Annoying music, moving on.

[@williambonney6457]

complicated

[@jacquelynordner2457]

Just watching this in Jan 2022. Great video! New sub here 😀

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@elleisme8565]

That absolute ratchet music you picked for this made this torturous.

[@concreteman03]

Right girl? Soooooo ratchet, like ‼

[@ursulapercell4528]

I have 3 big maple trees & I was thinking to try making maple syrup. Thanks for the amazing video but it also made me realize how much work it is to make maple syrup. I may just go buy a jar of maple syrup. I never had real maple before...

[@frostfirei]

This reminds me of my youth, about 9-10 years of age. late 50's early 60"s. we only hard one tree, a maple, about 5 feet in diameter. Let it get thicker, to make maple sugar and have sugar on now! BTW'I will be 70 in November!

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Great video, Morgan. This is very well put together. Very thorough, and I think it gives some good things for people to think about.

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks!

[@nicoler9522]

Great video. I also made the mistake of using propane the first year. I still use it but only to finish the syrup. I have an evaporator for the bulk of it. My first batch this year came out really light in colour so I think I messed it up but it tastes ok 🤷

[@piratejennish42]

Mrs. Butterworth and similar types I don't even consider real maple syrup 🤣

[@aprilshowers8085]

I tried making maple syrup but its a very pale color why would that be?

[@carlabuggs1238]

Best maple syrup video I have ever seen!!

[@blane9906]

How long will unsealed syrup last?

[@eloisebush4595]

Nature made.the cost is well worth.

[@romessson]

nice mario kart music. 😂😂😂

[@TheMagdalenaBB]

Sugar shack! Woot!

[@zurella9962]

Thank you!