The thing about birch sap season is it is when the temperature is consistently 50+60 F in April The sap begins to spoil before they boil it. Another part of the reason it is so expensive. Maple sap is preserved in the cold through its flow.
I absolutely love the use of the "cards" to help identify and define the different syrups!! Not sure that I'll ever use birch syrup but the video was great in how the cards can be used by us folks with limited vocabularies.
I definitely think it helped us describe a fairly unusual ingredient that has a lot of flavors going on! Thanks for your help volunteering on the project!
in Canada to be called maple syrup, the concentration of sugars must be at 66%. lower than that is considered robbery. we can also get a more concentrated version called 'tire' wich mean 'pull' in english. in the fridge it becomes semi-solid and this is what they pipe on the snow that you then roll on a stick like candy. very addictive.
I thought I knew those bottle tops when I first saw them. As an Alaskan myself I been wanting to get use that for an Acerglyn. 32oz is $110 haha. Bbuttttttt I been collecting Alaskan blueberries all week to make a blueberry vanilla birch syrup acerglyn. This was very informative in the difference in the runs. 1 gallon experiments must commence.
@@DointheMost really digging the idea of two or more people with their own decks and silent sampling then comparing profiles. That's amazing to me. Plus, it makes it almost like a drinking game (easily could be with 3 people.. like.. I make my guess, you two have to guess what I guessed, farthest guess drinks). But I love this so must, especially because what normally happens is someone says a flavor out loud and then that perception is there, even if I didn't originally identify that flavor.
Vermont born native here. Look for Grade B maple syrup if you want stronger and thicker. Grade A and A Fancy are noticeably more thin and have lighter flavors
Congratulations on the little one! I really want these cards and think the brewing community could use them. Please reach out if I can be of assistance in any way!
HORSE PUCKEY! I was hoping you were going to taste then and go WOW THESE ARE AMAZING. but with such glowing reviews as "horse blanket", "sourER", "salty", and "thin", I'll probably stick to my maple syrup and buckwheat honey. thank you for sharing your tasting!!
Finally, the star of the show is back on screen. Hi Anna! I did not expect such a vast difference between the runs. Now to find some birch trees to tap😅
Yep, I know exactly what you mean! I have some ghost pepper powder that I bought probably eight or nine years ago before ghost peppers were all over the place and I never use it because I always think about how much it cost when I got it!
