Baird Farm Maple Syrup, Chittenden, Vt., USA: Boiling The Sap

Steam rises
over the
sugarhouse
in early spring
with the
"Sap Moon"
high above.

  Drawing off the syrup.

We have a large evaporator in our sugarhouse which is used to boil the water out of the maple sap. The evaporator boils out 500 gallons of water per hour, Maple sap is about 2% sugar, while maple syrup is 67% sugar. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.

When the maple syrup reaches proper density, it is drawn off, filtered, and hot packed for storage.

Longtime sugarmaker, Jamie Buzzell, checks the sugar content of syrup with a hydrometer at our farm.



Content Copyright ©2001 Baird Farm All rights reserved.
Shadow Mountain Graphics All rights reserved


		Steam rises over the sugarhouse in early spring with the "Sap Moon" high above.
Drawing off the syrup.	We have a large evaporator in our sugarhouse which is used to boil the water out of the maple sap. The evaporator boils out 500 gallons of water per hour, Maple sap is about 2% sugar, while maple syrup is 67% sugar. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. When the maple syrup reaches proper density, it is drawn off, filtered, and hot packed for storage.
Longtime sugarmaker, Jamie Buzzell, checks the sugar content of syrup with a hydrometer at our farm.
Content Copyright ©2001 Baird Farm All rights reserved. Shadow Mountain Graphics All rights reserved