Once the sap started to turn we pulled out the tubes and nails and pushed in some smaller branches into the holes to help seal them up.
We hung whatever we had at the end of the nail to collect the sap and checked the cans daily. About an inch below that we drilled a small hole about 4 inches into the tree and pushed in a small clear tube sticking out about 2 inches to help with sap collection. What my friends and I did when we collected it all, we'd find a smooth surface on the tree and drive a nail in about an inch and a half. Once gone bad, it's useless.Ī Birch tree, depending on the species and size can produce anywhere from 5 to 20 liters of sap a day. Once harvested, put the buckets you've gathered into a deep freeze so you can make the wine when the time best suits you.ĮDIT: To expand on the sap going bad, you need to freeze it as soon as possible after collection as it only has a life span of about 3 days outside the tree. You've only got a few weeks to do it before the sap goes from a very clear, sweet and watery consistency to a thicker, almost yellow hue with a rather bidder taste. You harvest it in the spring just after first winter thaw and before the trees start to bud. You need to be careful when harvesting the sap as it can go bad very fast. Even though you'd only want to condense it down say, from 80 liters to 20, 15 liters for the syrup wine, it's not really feasible as you would have to tap a lot of trees in the 2 to 3 week period where the sap is good. It's 80 liters sap to 1 liter syrup for birch. However, just to put it in perspective, it takes 40 liters of maple sap to make 1 liter of maple syrup. The second way is to make it out of a very diluted birch syrup so you don't need to add so much sugar. We're expecting about a 15% alcohol content but we messed up the initial hydrometer reading so we're not sure. It takes a short time to ferment but you're supposed to let it sit around for a year before drinking. 1 gallon of sap, roughly 3 lbs of sugar, big handful of raisins as a catalyst and some oranges for flavor. The first is just using the raw sap, boiled and mixed with a shit ton of sugar, this is what my friend and I did. Well, there are 2 ways to make wine out of birch sap. Special thanks to /u/berenkaneda for the banner! We will have other chances for users to submit banner ideas! **Check out these other Food Subreddits! Types of Food If you want to add yours or just chat, please message the mods. There are many other food related subreddits listed here. Remember, we are a general food sub, not specific to recipes, quality or any other set discriminatory factor.
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