Making Maple Syrup at Home (Start to Finish)

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In today's video, I'm making maple syrup at home, going from tree to pancake. We tap a handful of maple trees on our homestead and we produce maple syrup at a small scale. We've developed a simple system to get the most from the maple sap harvested on our Vermont farm.
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27 мар 2019

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@SacredSalmonFish 3 месяца назад

damn that looks tasty. No sugar, no added stuff, no GMO... at the end of the day, uve got healthy and tasty stuff

@SqueakyCheeks23 17 дней назад

I know I’m real late but I really appreciated that Rancid reference 😂

@nossavida_nossacultura 5 месяцев назад

Awesome addition to our homeschool studies this morning of the Northeast! We are off to appreciate our maple syrup today :)

@builtontherockhomestead9390 5 лет назад

Love the ducks on the wall behind you.

@littlewhitedory1 5 лет назад

#me too!

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thanks. That picture was a Christmas gift. I really enjoy it.

@alsinakiria 4 года назад

My uncle came up with a very unique way to catch the sap. Instead of a bucket we use 2L pop (soda) bottles. Cut one hole for the spout and another for the hook and it stays on the tree just fine. Since we have a bunch of different spigots we cut the bottles at the tree after measuring against the spigot sebas to have a snug fit. It's completely free so we don't have to buy buckets. We only have a few, not enough for all our trees. You don't even have to take it off the tree to collect it l. Just remove the cap to turn it and pour into the collection bucket. Protects the sap from the rain, snow and bugs.

@ladyb003 5 лет назад

I don't mind paying more for maple syrup....for the very fact of how much work goes into it. Thanks for sharing your way to make it. Very interesting. Take care.

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thank you!

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@leppardess 3 года назад

I know this is an old video but that was incredibly informative. I mean, I know the basics of how to make maple syrup (vaguely) but this gives me a whole new appreciation for all the work that goes into maple syrup. Thank you.

@leslieMClass80 5 лет назад

Wow, I never realized how much work goes into this. Thanks for the extremely informative video! Have a good day!

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

It ain't easy, but it's totally worth it. Thanks, Leslie!

@seananderson5850 4 года назад

Mrs. ButterWorth is corn syrup FYI. Look at the ingredient list

@mollypierce7229 3 года назад

Came for the Maple syrup tips, left with a better grasp on the concept. Thank you! Rancid 🤘

@Cocobear7007 Год назад

Thank you for making all that delicious maple syrup. There is no going back to fake cheap syrup. I’m going to try the dark maple syrup next time. So yummy with pancakes!

@e-doc4787 Год назад

Man, this is the video I needed. Informative but from the perspective of a small self-serving operation. We are excited to give this a try this spring!

@GoldShawFarm Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@adventureawakes Год назад

I enjoyed watching your video! My family and I have been making Maple Syrup in our backyard for a few years now. We use a small wood-fired evaporator that we purchased off Craigslist a few years ago. That was a game-changer for us! We boil most of the water out of our sap outdoors with the evaporator and then finish it off inside the house before canning it.

@carlabuggs1238 Год назад

Best maple syrup video I have ever seen!!

@russbear31 2 года назад

Believe it or not we actually have one town here in Missouri that makes maple syrup and holds an annual maple festival. (Sugar maples are rare west of the Mississippi River.) They think birds brought the seeds across the river thousands of years ago, pooped them out, and established a small maple sugar forest along the banks of the river. Every January the people in town rush out to tap the trees and boil up batches of syrup. 😃

@kaedydoyle9727 2 года назад

I really like vermont maple syrup, a small local shop here (Wellington, New Zealand) sells it.

@savedbeliever 3 года назад

Out are so talented and resourceful.

@ourselfreliantlife 5 лет назад

Great video, Morgan. This is very well put together. Very thorough, and I think it gives some good things for people to think about.

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@taraendicott9030 Год назад

Thank you, that is awesome.

@aqueento 4 месяца назад

Be generous, totally love that!

@eileenpalumbo6578 5 лет назад

Nobody likes gritty pancakes ha ha! Great video. You explained the process really well. Thanks for sharing.

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thanks, Eileen.

@BetterTogetherLife 5 лет назад

This was so cool! (loving your podcast too, btw)

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thank you! I really appreciate that feedback.

@pepecocomax 5 лет назад

Another great video. So interesting to see how that was done.

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

It's a very fun process!

@zurella9962 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@SunshineFarm 5 лет назад

This video was SO well done Morgan! So thorough, and I completely agree with everything you said, based on our first experience making maple syrup. Propane is NOT cost effective. We will be brainstorming over the summer and fall to design a better system for evaporating. It worked, but it took FOREVER! And we still have over 40 gallons of sap to boil down. 🙈 -Jenn

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@AlongTheRiverHomestead 5 лет назад

You just made me hungry!! Next year I am trying maple syrup !!! I think I'm out of time for this year but next year I am all in!! can't wait!!

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

It's a lot of fun and it's the first "food production" project we have on our homestead each year.

@bettinah.7429 5 лет назад

Excellent! I can almost taste it!!

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

It was good!

@andhyalvarez21 Год назад

Love the rainbow road remix as the BGM.

@MrTanman210 3 месяца назад

Lol i caught that too!

@andrewwells107 Год назад

Great video but, I would be very careful using cinder blocks to make the wood burning evaporators because they are porous and absorb water they explode when heated to high temperatures. Always use clay bricks made fireplaces and ovens. Once again amazing video!

@CaptainVampire_ Месяц назад

multumesc!greetings from canadian zero

@Citystead 5 лет назад

This was so awesome! Such an interesting process

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thank you, Josh! How is your sugaring going?

@t.l.7854 8 дней назад

Alright, we're here, just sitting in the car, I want you to show me if you can get far

@kjsinsaino 2 года назад

The orange buckets from Home Depot are food grade HDPE.

@kimberlywagner1638 Год назад

Great job😊

@clo4473 Год назад

Z A M B O N I T E C H N O L O G Y

@kellysauerhage8898 4 месяца назад

Yum

@littlewhitedory1 5 лет назад

Definitely seems well suited for the young and enthusiastic! Pass the maple syrup jug.....please! My mouth is watering watching this. So Morgan, when's the next open house at Gold Shaw Farms!

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

I'm not sure. I'm trying to plan a day this summer. I'll let you know as soon as I have it figured out.

@littlewhitedory1 5 лет назад

@@GoldShawFarmif it coincides with the harpoon brewery's BBQ contest there's a small chance I could make it! Otherwise it's a long haul.

@debraburgess8453 3 месяца назад

Yummm

@jonathannerz1696 17 дней назад

Did anyone else notice that the background music is the Mario Kart 64 Rainbow Road theme?

@guy_b 3 года назад

Great info. The music drives me a bit bonkers though, it's like being trapped in a Pacman maze!

@Greens5511 5 лет назад

I used to think I wanted to tap trees and make syrup....I think I will just pay extra and let someone else do the work 👍

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Ha. That's not a bad strategy.

@Eriknorth87 4 месяца назад

I’m here for the Rancid content.

@ursulapercell4528 9 месяцев назад

I have 3 big maple trees & I was thinking to try making maple syrup. Thanks for the amazing video but it also made me realize how much work it is to make maple syrup. I may just go buy a jar of maple syrup. I never had real maple before...

@BeefyPhill Год назад

Lol is this music Rainbow Road from Mario Kart? 😂 I approve 10/10

@patrickc8190 3 года назад

Hi Great video, just curious on the dimensions of your cooking pans? How deep are they? 8"?

@dweeblenose 5 лет назад

Love the rancid reference

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Thanks! I'm glad somebody got that one.

@TheValleyofelk 2 года назад

Hi. I live in Oregon. We have mature sugar maple trees. I saw your cinder block firepit. Looked like around 20? Also what do you use to filter sap with ? Great video. Thx

@frostfirei 3 года назад

This reminds me of my youth, about 9-10 years of age. late 50's early 60"s. we only hard one tree, a maple, about 5 feet in diameter. Let it get thicker, to make maple sugar and have sugar on now! BTW'I will be 70 in November!

@jacquelynordner2457 2 года назад

Just watching this in Jan 2022. Great video! New sub here 😀

@GoldShawFarm 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@coco4144 26 дней назад

If you do cook your maple syrup indoor. Have the stove fan on

@constancemiller3753 4 года назад

This is like the laid back Bill Nye the science guy for foodies. Please do a segment on maple candy in the snow? Well done, you earned it :)

@nicoler9522 Год назад

Great video. I also made the mistake of using propane the first year. I still use it but only to finish the syrup. I have an evaporator for the bulk of it. My first batch this year came out really light in colour so I think I messed it up but it tastes ok 🤷

@BrandiNaCole 2 года назад

Glad all i have to do us go in the store and buy it. I see why it's so expensive now.

@rizzorizzo2311 3 года назад

I was dying inside trying to remember where I’d heard that midi tune before. Glanced down at my arm later and saw my Boognish tattoo and it hit me! ITS THE HIV SONG!

@dillonqaphsiel7977 2 года назад

So what’s the difference between getting it from a tree and bowling sugar water?

@ssergeant9682 3 года назад

This is my first time making syrup from my maple trees. I had to boil it down in batches, but I think I may have reduced it too far. it's VERY crystallized. almost hard. I still have fresh sap. can I add that to what I have and fix it? I probably have about a quart of 'syrup'. it's really good, but I'd have to heat it to use it.

@richardvogel1195 Год назад

This is my first time doing this. I put in 16 taps yesterday and got 25 or so gallons today. I have no idea if that's good or not

@shwetamujumdar699 5 лет назад

Interesting process, people in rural areas outside my city collect sap from palm trees and leave it for fermentation and consume, its a kind of alcohol.

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Wow. That sounds pretty interesting. What does it taste like?

@shwetamujumdar699 5 лет назад

Never tasted!! Never smoked or consumed alcohol. I've tasted palm fruits though, its very refreshing and sweet, available during summers and it gives relief from heat...its already 41°C here, govt has declared heatwave across central India 😔

@magnoliapowers1209 6 дней назад

Does it hurt the trees when you remove sap? I didn’t want to make it, just wanted to learn more. Excellent video!! Also the videos are no longer linked.

@sidkemp4672 5 месяцев назад

How many trees do you need to tap to get 40 gallons of sap?

@badasshiker9637 3 месяца назад

This is not unlike making sorghum molasses. The real work is in cooking the sap and getting the fire right so you don't scorch it.

@DHTWITCH420 3 месяца назад

How do you get the different grades of maple syrup like the fancy

@keishamurray2711 5 лет назад

Now I'm going to have to go home and make pancakes

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Enjoy!

@chappyjwm 5 лет назад

I'm a year behind you :))...did the propane and the stock pot the last couple of weeks - How much faster is the cinder block evaporator - approx. in your opinion? Thanks - I'm just over the Detroit boarder in Ontario :)

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Easily 4-5x faster. And it could be even faster if I had added a few more cinderblocks so that I could fit three trays.

@TheValleyofelk 2 года назад

Where did the pans come from?

@blane9906 2 года назад

How long will unsealed syrup last?

@zacharsenault6018 Год назад

you know this guy is legit by the red plaid shirt

@TheMagdalenaBB 3 года назад

Sugar shack! Woot!

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 3 года назад

Hi..... 🎥👍👍👍

@eloisebush4595 3 года назад

Nature made.the cost is well worth.

@jennifergriffiths42 2 года назад

Mrs. Butterworth and similar types I don't even consider real maple syrup 🤣

@joewagner934 Месяц назад

3:45 is that the Rainbow Road music from Mario Kart 64?

@nickdershem9357 5 лет назад

Have you tried continuing to evaporate it nd make sugar?

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

I haven't yet. I'm always so worried I'll over cook it. I might try a batch next year. We'll see.

@nickdershem9357 5 лет назад

@@GoldShawFarm I think it would be neat trying it once or twice. It's more of a powder than cane or beet sugar and doesn't seem worth it to do on a regular basis

@samanthainthestacks 5 лет назад

Love the Bill Nye reference 😂😂 this is a great video! (:

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Ha. Thanks!

@maybmb_ 2 года назад

I come here from the future... Thank you, RU-vid...

@aprilshowers8085 2 года назад

I tried making maple syrup but its a very pale color why would that be?

@Yehoshua1278 8 месяцев назад

First step *grow a maple tree*

@Antiquetractorsetc 3 месяца назад

I do not eat fake syrup ever. I didn’t know you were up in vt. I’m in eastern mass. We go up to NH often and get breakfast so we can have real syrup

@fisherspotter9408 4 года назад

how much sap do you want to have before you boil it

@jdlflagstone6980 3 года назад

@fisherspotter9408 3 года назад

@@jdlflagstone6980 ?

@jdlflagstone6980 3 года назад

@@fisherspotter9408 that's how much sap you are going to want to have, more..

@Nirrrina 2 года назад

He said it takes about 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.

@Ooooooooyay2.o 11 месяцев назад

3:17

@il3968 Год назад

Step 1 live in Canada… 😢 I live in New York 😔

@romessson 4 года назад

nice mario kart music. 😂😂😂

@saxman3784 4 года назад

Can you give an estimate of how much wood you go through for that full initial boildown?

@GoldShawFarm 4 года назад

Maybe...5-10% of a cord? Just a guess.

@Crymzon1980 4 года назад

Why does the opening song remind me of Parappa the rapper ?

@tehkast 4 года назад

Pretty sure that is the song from parappa the rapper the driving lesson.

@GoldShawFarm 4 года назад

😉

@TheLordOfBeans Год назад

Dont think i didnt notice that music

@windyloom2267 4 года назад

If you do it on your house the walks get very sticky. Do not make the mistake I did. 😁

@timothytaggart3289 4 года назад

The background music is too loud.

@owenhalverson9119 4 месяца назад

Your phone volume is to loud sounds perfect mid volume

@vinasol1161 3 месяца назад

Welllllllll it is a smidge loud

@GATMAN509 Год назад

The music has to go but great video overall

@tristenhinkle1305 2 года назад

Good video, but the music is very distracting.

@crazycoyote1738 5 месяцев назад

Bro, such a good and simple video, and you had to add that annoying background music??

@angelikamessenger1237 2 года назад

Very interesting video but the music was crazy repetitive and too loud - sorry :)

@chocloditelensman 4 месяца назад

Go to the store and buy some for $20. Done.

@tm-dr8ym 2 года назад

You should make wood burning stove with a shed to burn useless stockpile of wood, which you burn without any purpose instead of propane gas , for an environmental point of view.

@digarcia1890 5 лет назад

Very interesting but music was Irritating and distracting-sry

@GoldShawFarm 5 лет назад

Ha. Sorry. I love those tunes. Not a fan of the electric piano, eh?

@digarcia1890 5 лет назад

@@GoldShawFarm haha sry no

@peryole 2 года назад

who tf has wallpaper nowadays. Also I live at sea level it's literally 100% humidity here most of the year, but I'm also not crazy enough to boil that shit indoors, it's not the humidity, it's how hot it'll make the house.

@danehansen3960 2 года назад

Is that Ween's HIV song in the background?

@williambonney6457 9 месяцев назад

complicated

@vibewater1722 Год назад

You are fighting for attention with background music ajust pls

@qualityassurance9523 2 года назад

great video except for the obnoxious music why do you have to compete with music I want to hear what you have to say ditch the Music otherwise awesome video thanks for posting