I guess as they tell me the very light amber or fancy they use to make candy so there isn't a large amount to sell, so the price is higher.
It is the same here 45 to 50 dollars for the medium and dark amber. When we first started buying it it in the 1960s it was 8 dollars a gallon and I had a place what would always save me a gallon of fancy every year.
I find that most people like the darker syrup because it has more flavor.
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BHLC
We use the fancy for decorative bottles, and maple cream. We don't do candy. A lot of people do small bottles for wedding favors.
#8
HarryHarley
Are there differences of "pure maple syrup"? What is the best to buy??
#9
BHLC
Pure means nothing added, just the sap from the tree is boiled down into syrup. I personally like medium amber. I have a good friend that sells his wares online. His is organic which like everything that is organic is a bit more money.
#10
reynoldston
BHLC knows a lot more then me. What I know is Maple syrup in different grades. It is all to your own liking because not one is better then the next. I like
light amber and my wife likes medium amber so that means we always get medium. It all has a little different taste and the only way of knowing is to try it. The only bad maple syrup is called black strap and you get this from cooking it wrong. To make good maple syrup you need to know what you are doing.
#11
BHLC
Sorry, the pics aren't so good. I'll try to get more. This is a small section of woods just off the side of the house. I also have 100 buckets I put up in the trees in the yard. My wife and kids are hanging them today.
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#12
HarryHarley
Nice.... are those "young" trees you are tapping in to?
Time for pancakes and "medium amber pure maple syrup" this weekend!!!!!!!!
#13
BHLC
This small bush is more for my kids, so yes they do have younger trees tapped. They bigger two bushes have nothing smaller than 8" tapped. If we can bear hug the tree and our fingers touch, it gets one tap. If we can't touch it gets two. I will hopefully be at the sugar house tonight before dark and will try to get more photos
Exactly what type/ species of Maple does it require to get syrup?
#15
BHLC
We are tapping rock maple, sugar maple, red maple. There is a mixture of "soft" maple and "hard" maple. They both produce good sap depending where their located
We are tapping rock maple, sugar maple, red maple. There is a mixture of "soft" maple and "hard" maple. They both produce good sap depending where their located
Learned something new, thought they only taped sugar maple. I see all the sugar bushes around here run hoses to the trees now and run there cooking with gas instead of fire wood.
#17
BHLC
Tank room with sap in the 3 1500gallon tanks. They're about 1/2 full
