Birch sap rising near me
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I already have a gallon of wine fermenting - and collecting sap for the second gallon now!
Then it will be a third gallon for syrup!
Then it will be a third gallon for syrup!
Had a go at this whilst out shooting last night, I was surprised how quick it comes out. Has anyone a quick suggestion on how to make the syrup?
Thankyou
Thankyou
Had a go at this whilst out shooting last night, I was surprised how quick it comes out. Has anyone a quick suggestion on how to make the syrup?
Thankyou
Put it in an open pan and boil it until you have driven off most of the water - simples!
I intend doing this with the third gallon I collect this year... - 1 gallon should make a small bottle of syrup.
A couple of years to get to its best...the owners of the woods I have sole user perm on think it is pretty good
Just as well as the sap I used is from their trees - so they are paying their own rent realy
The only thing i struggled with yesterday was getting the tap to transport the sap down it... Plugging after collecting half a mug was no problems.
Any suggestions please as i have a whole woodland of birch to use at my leasure.
al.
Any suggestions please as i have a whole woodland of birch to use at my leasure.
al.
Its rising near me to, the last two years it did not get started until about the 20th of March, so it is much earlier this year
Wine, wine and wine!
Oh - and perhaps a bit of wine!
I use an old brace and bit to drill a hole into the tree and then use the bung from a demi-john (the kind predrilled for an airlock) to hold my collecting tube. The tube runs into a plastic container and the neck is filled with cotton wool.
This allows me to leave the collection to nature while I do other things!
Once I have taken all I need from the tree a solid bung is then used to seal the hole.
I have used this method for several years and none of the trees have suffered more than a little scarring which has healed quickly
Ahhh... cheers john!
I used a pinky thick auger yesterday and the sap was pretty much running out... But despite my best efforts and limited time, i could not carve a tap that would stop the sap running down the tree, rather than tap! carved a channel down it, tried various positions but it would not play ball.
I have some rubber hose in my hand now, that looks slightly larger than the auger so i might give that a bash when home
It's really is refreshing to drink despite the limited ammount i collected though.
Cheers, al.
I used a pinky thick auger yesterday and the sap was pretty much running out... But despite my best efforts and limited time, i could not carve a tap that would stop the sap running down the tree, rather than tap! carved a channel down it, tried various positions but it would not play ball.
I have some rubber hose in my hand now, that looks slightly larger than the auger so i might give that a bash when home
It's really is refreshing to drink despite the limited ammount i collected though.
Cheers, al.
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the accepted thinking is that you will need 100 litres of birch sap to make a litre of syrup. apparently not entirely unlike maple syrup.
Ahhh... cheers john!
I used a pinky thick auger yesterday and the sap was pretty much running out... But despite my best efforts and limited time, i could not carve a tap that would stop the sap running down the tree, rather than tap! carved a channel down it, tried various positions but it would not play ball.
I have some rubber hose in my hand now, that looks slightly larger than the auger so i might give that a bash when home
It's really is refreshing to drink despite the limited ammount i collected though.
Cheers, al.
How do you type with a hose in one hand? Must take practice
I now have 2 gallons of Birch sap wine bubbling away and a 1/2 bottle (Aldis Maple syrup bottle ) of birch syrup that I boiled down from another gallon of sap.
I have now plugged all 6 trees I was tapping and will move onto other projects - the nettles are starting to come now so nettle wine and nettle beer (plus more nettle soup - I still have some in the freezer from last year ) will soon be under way!
) of birch syrup that I boiled down from another gallon of sap.I have now plugged all 6 trees I was tapping and will move onto other projects - the nettles are starting to come now so nettle wine and nettle beer (plus more nettle soup - I still have some in the freezer from last year
) will soon be under way!
Flowing nicely in the North West of England now, only took 50ml or so just to try it before plugging the hole back up. Almost tasteless I thought.
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