Making "Maple" Syrup | Final Boil Down

Let's make syrup! We have a VERY SMALL HOMESTEAD syrup operation. This year we tapped red maples, Walnut and Box elder trees. the final syrup boil down resulted in a very carmel tasting Syrup! I will now guard and use my small batch of delicious homemade syrup for only the specialist of occasions! Do you make syrup? if so what kind of trees have you tapped? Leave your answer in comments below 👍
-Todd & Rachel
Tapping Trees: • Small Homestead Syrup ...
Collecting Sap: • Life of a Sap Sucker -...
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[@marypeterson3512]

Thanks for explaining the colors!

[@teresecox4109]

Watching this process helps explain why organic “real” syrup is so expensive. I had no idea. Also didn’t realize how much had to be collected, to get the yield. Thank you!

[@1870s]

Did you know that you can tap Walnut and Box Elder trees? I'm so glad we did because this Syrup taste incredible!

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Birch trees too.

[@Maranatha_Homestead]

My husband is allergic to walnuts so I figured I had better not experiment. 🤷‍♀️

[@carriemorley356]

@@Maranatha_Homestead so is my grand daughter- tree nuts put her into anaphylactic shock! Walnuts are a superfood so creativity isn’t an option but I wonder about Hazelnuts… they grow in a bush so has your honey tried those? My lil gal does fine with that awful Nutella spread…

[@ericwiese7479]

Walnut syrup is my favorite

[@maplematthewkearney6179]

Thank you for the plug. Michigan Maple Syrup Cookers page.I love your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@connie9198]

Omgosh, Rachel and Todd thank you, thank you for showing and sharing this.. so intrigued... Have a awesome day..

[@russellkoopman3004]

I skim the foam that forms on the outside of the pot when boiling and get the syrup to 217 and then let it sit for a day. All the minerals settle to the bottom. The next day I carefully pour out the syrup back into the pan and leave the bottom sludge in the jar. Then I combine all of the sludge into a slender tall glass and within an hour most of it has settled out and I pour the top syrup away and throw the remaining minerals. I don't filter at all and virtually nothing that settles to the bottom. I made 3 gallons this year. Brix was at 65-66.

[@Maranatha_Homestead]

Thank you Rachel!!! You just answered all my questions as far as batch processing. 🍁

[@judydrouhard2651]

Yum! Looks amazing

[@gabbygertie8709]

My great uncle used to have a sugar bush. OMG, I remember maple sugar candy, and maple syrup on freshly fallen snow in a cup. !

[@SpacetheCat]

Thank you for the video! We are getting ready to do our first small boil in our kitchen! This has helped!!

[@donserman3864]

You guys are awesome

[@marilyncapehart663]

I never knew this is how we got syrup. I am a City Girl., Thanks For the share 5-12-2022♥️

[@tracybradshaw9867]

A great video thank you!

[@TrinityRidge1959]

Love that shirt. I did alot and I'm done. Finished weeks ago. Mine tastes buttery. I did one Red maple. It makes alot. I just boil until it foams up once and its done. Seems so much easier and I filter once coming in the house then once more before boiling and I use only a screen skimming utensil and I have no settlement. Its delicous and watching you I want some pancakes now. Mmmm good! 🥞🥞🥞👈today😍

[@sueantonich5455]

Yum! Good job.

[@1870s]

Thank you

[@margaretbedwell58]

Your syrup looks good and I bet it tastes even better. Yum...Have a Blessed day.

[@1870s]

So good, very carmely

[@largefamilyruralliving7434]

2nd season on the books! Glad it was a good one.

[@stephiefultz]

Looks Yummy 😋!! Hubby and I are doing sap as I write this. It’s cooking over a wood fire outside. Sunday we should be canning it. We are buying the hoodies!👍🏼

[@1870s]

Fantastic! Happy Syruping 🥞

[@pamsloan84]

Keep in mind different trees run at different times. Maples before birch for example. Just like not all tree leaves turn at once in the fall or not all leaves come out at once in the spring. Once the buds come its over.

[@PaullaWells]

I wish I had trees to tap. I'd sure give making syrup a try. Yours looked way yummy!

[@1870s]

So yummy

[@sundaycaradine2171]

Man I wish I could make some but unfortunately we live in Alabama and the temps are way high...You make it look easy and I love your channel. Happy New year you guys

[@mpennington27]

Just Google pecan trees and found out that I can tap them. I'm excited to try this.

[@gabbygertie8709]

I have never heard of that, but I'll just bet that syrup is heavenly.

[@DebbiesHomeplace]

It looks amazing but it does take a long time, so yeah you need lots of patience. So happy for you, nothing like homemade syrup. When it starts to rise up kind of like brown sugar and butter does it's done. I want pancakes or waffles now, hehe! Nice job Rachel.

[@1870s]

Thank you it's certainly a treasured item on the pantry shelves

[@lisapastorell1755]

I use no stick pans for the first final cook. I do a strain before like she does but because I use nonstick pans everything you would have to strain sticks to the nonstick pan. Crystal clear syrup every time.

[@crazycoyote1738]

Your thermometer shows a higher temperature than the actual liquid because it’s probably touching the bottom of the pan, which is much higher than the liquid. Try drilling a hole in a small cork so it won’t float and won’t touch the bottom.

[@fallenangelwi25]

Lol I completely understand the no paitents on those types of things. I make yogurt and milk takes 30 to 45 minutes to get to temp and forever to get down to add temp lol.

[@vjohnson2400]

I’ve learned a new word tonight - scootch (probably the wrong spelling but I know what I mean.

[@1870s]

Lol, I had no idea everyone didn't "scootch over" 😂

[@fallenangelwi25]

That is one of my goals. We have 2 acres of mixed woods.

[@1870s]

Awesome I bet you'll have some great sources

[@fallenangelwi25]

@@1870s you mentioned a few different trees you tapped. Do you mind me asking what all kinds can we tap?

[@scarletbluefield2542]

You can tell by the boil, too. When it starts trying to boil up/boil over, you know it's done. Yours wasn't quite to that point yet, although it was getting there! We ended up with about 5 pints :)

[@scarletbluefield2542]

P.s. I finish the syrup, cool overnight to let it settle, filter cold, then heat it up to between 180-190*F and jar. The sugar sand only forms when the syrup is above about 195*F, so if you do it this way, your syrup should be clear.

[@1870s]

Thank you for your tips!

[@4godliv]

We boiled sap this winter and found that coffee filters work pretty good, one batch was filtered 3x and is still clear 7 months later. The batch filtered 2x did a bit cloudy. How much sap did you boil down? We had 46 gallons and got 7 pints.

[@kelliwebb2870]

Looks good! I wonder if a maple tree in Southwest Florida would produce sap or if it’s only a cold weather thing? I’m going to look into it.

[@1870s]

You have to have a long period of Freeze/Thaw time. That's why maple syrup is primarily produced up North.

[@dawntoner7045]

Why do you cool down to 180F before bottling? I would think that would make filtering more difficult?

[@HunsValley]

I finish until it starts frothing up and let it go for a couple minutes then take off heat. Never used a thermometer. Seems to work for the little bit I do.

[@BlessedBaubles]

Filtering is the hardest part!! I always get confused because the filtering cools the syrup too much while I’m bottling it. So, I start filtering it into the bottles at 215. But it’s still a very slow process and because all that time goes by, I worry about whether I bottled it hot enough or not. Ugh! I have the big thick wool filter but I read that it’s only good for a few years. Do you know anything about this? And that we need a pre filter AND the main filter NEXT to each other. I wasn’t doing that either I took the word “pre” literally and filtered it twice!! Once with the pre filter and a second time with the thick wool filter. 😱 There are so many different tutorials. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to stop making syrup. But the filtering part stinks. Please share anything you have learned about this since you made the vid. I’m on Cape Cod so our season is much shorter than yours but I could use the help if you have a minute to help. Thanks!!

[@juliewilliamsnewzealand818]

Wow that looked awesome :) so how looooonnnnnngggggg did it take to finally get to syrup stage?

[@1870s]

Oh lordy a long time, I'd guess we'll over 24 hrs

[@pamsloan84]

@@1870sSound about right. I have let mine boil all night.

[@justpatty7328]

Three times boiling? I'll be looking for other videos on this from you.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

I helped a friend with her batch & have 2 pints for myself. I noticed 2 very large square (clear) crystals in one jar. Interesting.

[@1870s]

That can happen, it's such a finiky process

[@missourigirl4101]

Rachel tell me what you know about the Atlas jar. I have one maybe more from grandma

[@1870s]

Really, not much. We're antique experts at all. So I don't know much about it really.

[@kellyy8114]

I have found a few also in my mom's collection that she got from my Great Aunt. I don't really want to try canning with them, but thought I'd use it for dry storage or syrup. It made me happy to see your find like mine 😊💕

[@SuperLauramack]

This is so neat! What is the yield from let's say, a gallon of sap?

[@1870s]

40 or 50 gallons of sap, will make about 1 gallon of syrup.

[@pamsloan84]

@@1870s Yes depends on your brix.

[@jennywhite6907]

Ever sell any?

[@juliew1589]

How do you store the jars afterwards to preserve it?

[@1870s]

I'll water bath can it

[@juliew1589]

@@1870s ok thank you. How long would you say for pints?

[@1870s]

Just 10 mins

[@_thatchickchris8246]

We only have 1 tree on our property it is a maple but it’s very small.

[@pamsloan84]

Not worth the trouble I'd say unless you can find more trees.

[@amandabialkowski9131]

cool r u from michigan..i am.

[@1870s]

Yes we are, welcome!

[@amandabialkowski9131]

how do i know if mine is a sugar maple.

[@laurapriestley3679]

Someone have a said it already, but watching you had me nervous, use a turkey baster to pour liquid into the cylinder.

[@pamsloan84]

Or a funnel

[@MsLindy777]

I’ve never tried maple syrup. I don’t know if anyone in Australia makes it!

[@colleenpritchett6914]

If you tried it you would be hooked! It’s fantastic on waffles, pancakes, French toast. I admit to all kinds of recipes for it’s amazing taste

[@tonjabock3289]

I follow you on instagram. Did you ever post a photo?

[@1870s]

What? We post regularly on IG

[@tonjabock3289]

At the end of your maple syrup video you said you may post a picture of the cooled down canned maple syrup on Instagram

[@1870s]

Oh this was last year so I'm sure we did

[@tonjabock3289]

That would explain why I didn't find it