Vermont Maple Syrup, Vermont Maple Products, Vermont Maple Sugar

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Maple Syrup in 128 oz Tin

How We Make Vermont Maple Syrup at HedgeHog Hill Farm

A network of tubing runs through select areas of our 250+ acre maple farm.

Plastic taps are inserted into holes which have been drilled into the trees.

Plastic tubing connected to the spikes leads into a larger line, which ends at the sugar house.

The sugar house is where the magic happens - sap is transformed into maple syrup.

Hundreds of gallons of sap are collected by means of a pump. The sap is then funneled into large containers.

These containers store the sap until it is ready to be transformed.

The sap is put through a Reverse Osmosis Machine that removes unwanted water from the sap.

The sap is pumped into a secondary storage bin while it waits to be sent to the evaporator.

The evaporator is a large, sectioned pan that sits over a firebox and keeps the sap flowing from section to section until it thickens.

When the sap gets to the right temperature (219 degrees fahrenheit) it is drained off as maple syrup.

While still hot the syrup is bottled and sealed. It takes approximately 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.

HedgeHog Hill Maple Farm :: PO Box 132 :: Belmont, VT 05730 :: 802-259-7007
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