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Spencer Davis wrote:Hey all. Just wanted to throw my experience in the mix. I tapped just over 30 walnut trees at my place this year as an experiment. The comment above about not getting the sap volumes of maples is COMPLETELY correct. Now considering that we have had a crazy end of winter season here in central indiana, who knows if that had anything to do with sap volumes but I know for sure that the maple sap flowed really well. I Had somewhere around 75 gallons of sap which ended me up with almost 2 gallons of syrup. I was new to making syrup and it tasted different each time I cooked it. Each attempt came out very good except for when I overcooked it. Now that I have the cooking part down, next year will be more consistent I believe.
I would love to get more input from others on the walnut syrup!
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