Day Out Tapping birch is hard work
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Thanks Janne, no I pour it through some cloth at home and let my darling drink it as she needs all the "pickup" she can get after being I'll for a whole year.
I like birch syrup on pancakes, waffles and vanilla ice cream. Never tried the fresh juice.
Thanks for the video. Always nice to see what others are doing. Time well wasted.
There's a characteristic "smokiness" to the syrup as a memory of burning birch firewood.
Very successful commercial businesses just 100 miles south of my place.
Thanks for the video. Always nice to see what others are doing. Time well wasted.
There's a characteristic "smokiness" to the syrup as a memory of burning birch firewood.
Very successful commercial businesses just 100 miles south of my place.
Great vid Sundowner; nice to see people actually 'doing' rather than 'talking about doing' 
I wouldn't get away with tapping birches here after the end of March though; I assume your birches are a bit behind ours - you being way up North
I wouldn't get away with tapping birches here after the end of March though; I assume your birches are a bit behind ours - you being way up North
Great vid Sundowner; nice to see people actually 'doing' rather than 'talking about doing'
I wouldn't get away with tapping birches here after the end of March though; I assume your birches are a bit behind ours - you being way up North
Thanks my friend, I'll not do it again as there really isn't a need (unless SWMBO demands it - unlikely). I wish Ray Mears wouldn't have publicised it. Too many out there running wild in the woods with huge augers!!
Not only birch tapping is a problem with ameture foragers. A few days ago I came across a couple ripping up handfulls of wild garlic completely denuding many plants of all their leaves and flowers while filling a plastic bag to the brim to "make some pesto." Apart from having no idea how to forage responsibly they were being greedy and taking far too much for their needs.
I did explain their actions consequences and show them how to pick responsibly and told them they had more than enough. He agreed and then proceeded to grab more handfull of leaves stuffing them into his bag.
To try and put him off I told him where he was picking from was a favourite dog wee spot.. he shrugged and said he could wash it!
I got realy cross and chased them off. He must have considered me quite rude ( in the end I was to my shame).
It can be quite a problem sometimes. It's become quite a fashon now and a bit of a problem with townies such as these with no idea denuding our flora and fauna. We also have a problem with deer poachers around here.
I hope they go mushroom picking in the autumn and pick a wrongun!
I did explain their actions consequences and show them how to pick responsibly and told them they had more than enough. He agreed and then proceeded to grab more handfull of leaves stuffing them into his bag.
To try and put him off I told him where he was picking from was a favourite dog wee spot.. he shrugged and said he could wash it!
I got realy cross and chased them off. He must have considered me quite rude ( in the end I was to my shame).
It can be quite a problem sometimes. It's become quite a fashon now and a bit of a problem with townies such as these with no idea denuding our flora and fauna. We also have a problem with deer poachers around here.
I hope they go mushroom picking in the autumn and pick a wrongun!
I blame people like John Wright (The Forager's Calendar etc.) with his 'you can do what you like, it's only trespass' attitude. But it's not just foraging; the number of birch trees I've seen with the bark peeled just because uncle Ray said it was a good way to light a fire is depressing.
As for Birch sap, my favourite use it to just add a few drops to 'break' a nice cask strength malt - something about the purity of the flavour is rewarding (even if it's imagined ).
As for Birch sap, my favourite use it to just add a few drops to 'break' a nice cask strength malt - something about the purity of the flavour is rewarding (even if it's imagined
).That is interesting, Birch sap and malt.
Need to try that. I can not get much sap from the birches in July in the Lofotens as the leaves and flowers are fully formed ( flowers in middle of making seeds) but should be fine for a glass.
How much sap for a 0.5 dl measure?
Need to try that. I can not get much sap from the birches in July in the Lofotens as the leaves and flowers are fully formed ( flowers in middle of making seeds) but should be fine for a glass.
How much sap for a 0.5 dl measure?
Well Janne, that's a bit like asking 'how long is a piece of string'
I usually drink my malt neat - even the cask strength (57 to 60%) - you literally just need to wet your lips with each sip
At tastings they will usually offer to 'break' the dram by adding 2,3 or 4 drops of spring water using a pipette - and yes, it does make a difference.
A professional malt taster will add twice as much water as malt (yuck) so that they can take in all the subtle flavours of the drink.
However, just for a change, I like a little spring water with my dram and then I would add about 10ml to a 50ml (Scottish Double) measure. Others add more; up to 25ml I would suggest.
You just keep planting these ideas in poor, innocent and vulnerable bushcrafters heads (like mine) and we'll all be running around with massive augers getting more of this new angel juice...............
As for Birch sap, my favourite use it to just add a few drops to 'break' a nice cask strength malt - something about the purity of the flavour is rewarding (even if it's imagined
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