How to Make Maple Syrup Faster | What Level of Sap Should be in My Pan

How to make maple syrup faster and understanding what level of sap should be in your pan is the goal of today. If you've seen my other videos you know that I built this barrel evaporator over the winter and now am well into my 2020 maple syrup season using it. I've learned a few things while using this barrel evaporator and will be sharing those things with you today. The key things to remember to make your maple syrup boil faster is amount and location of the heat, depth of sap in your pans and how to add fresh sap to keep the boil going. You'll see me in this video explain how I keep the wood fire burning at its hottest using a small fan as a blower. You will also see me talk about the hottest and coolest parts of the barrel evaporator and how that determines where I place the sap. Keeping the sap at the best depth possible to maximizing the strength of the boil is also a key point mentioned in this video. Be sure to pay special attention to how I built a pre-heater drip pan for my sap to help add fresh sap to the already boiling sap without stopping the boil. Hope all of you are having a good maple syrup season. Here we go!