Small Sugarhouse Tips from Downslope

Our sugarhouse tours series resumes with a visit to Downslope Syrup in Enosburg, Vermont (just a stone's throw from Enosburg Falls, where Leader was founded back in 1888).
Jared Willey has a nice compact sugarhouse where he brings to bear a life of sugaring experience, sharing lots of tips on everything from firing up and sweetening the pan, to managing airflow and keeping your hydrometer from getting sticky.
And then there is the Iron Boot contraption...
Downslope has a well-thought-out sugaring operation with 225 taps and a 2x6 American Pans setup.
Of note is that, after the maple season is over, Jared boils birch sap and so here he shares some of his experience about that as well.
LEADER ITEMS IN THIS VIDEO:
2x6 Wood-Fired Evaporator
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Micro2 Reverse Osmosis
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Water-Jacketed Canning Tank
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Music Credit: Over and Out, by Maor
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[@Bigbass1ful]

GreatJob! We also make birch and its sold before we get it in the bottle. 45.00 for 8 oz. Ours runs about 115gal to 1 syrup. we start right after maple. i run about500 taps for maple and 65 for birch. Hope your up coming year is amazing.

[@timezzo3438]

Great information!
Thank you

[@scottfonte3895]

I do believe I went to Paul Smith's with you! We are doing syrup for the first time this year very excited! Good info, thanks.

[@rickzugnoni8867]

Great video, I’m new at this and I found it helpful! Thanks

[@802louis]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@carlandrews3475]

Jarod is the man

[@fredA1234]

Great video thanks so much and Building Main this year. So just curious some people say to put boards under the metal roofing some people say insulate the roof first. I see you have it right on the roof are you having any problem with moisture or anything? Thanks

[@edjharris1]

When you run out of sap on a devided pan how do you shut down the boiling when the sap is done on one side but not the other, how do you empty the pan when it's not fully done, just lift the pan ? The devider is a pain to pour out with the separators

[@timtimini7641]

Do ye bottle the ro water?