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Sugarbush.

by Josiah Hanna

Making maple syrup. From a family owned sugarbush in northern MI.
900 buckets.
1500 gallons of storage.
4'x14' evaporator boiling 165 gallons of sap an hour.

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Grade A light amber.
Maple leaf bottles
Syrup.
Still boiling.
More syrup.
9 gallons.
4' x 14' Leader evaporator
Most of 12 hours worth of boiling.
Inside the flue pan.
Full steam!
Gathering tank.
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Lost in a haze.
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Buckets!
More buckets!
Ready to start testing.
It's syrup!
End of the batch.
The business end.
More waiting.
Not just yet.
Testing again.
Getting ready.
I'm back there somewhere.
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Me again.
It's "burn your beard off" hot!
I see.. four men!
Filtering.
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Filling the hydrometer cup.
Filling a glass bottle.
All ready for sale.
Rolling boil!
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Feeding the fire.