How to Make Maple Syrup: From Gathering Sap to Marketing Your Own Syrup. A Storey BASICS® Title

by Alison Anderson, Steven Anderson

Overview

Third-generation syrup makers Alison and Steven Anderson show you how to collect sap using a tree-friendly tubing system and then cook, package, and even market your own syrup. With expert advice for first-time bottlers, the Andersons share their passion with a contagious excitement that is as inspiring as a bowl of sugar on snow. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612121710
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	02/25/2014
Series:	Storey Basics
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Alison Anderson,co-author of How to Make Maple Syrup, is a writer, mostly of children’s and young adult fiction. Anderson and her husband, Steve, run Anderson’s Maple Syrup and live on their sugarbush near Cumberland, Wisconsin, with their two children who want to be syrup makers when they grow up!

Steven Anderson is the third generation to run his family’s business, Anderson’s Maple Syrup & Supplies, near Cumberland, Wisconsin. The family is considered “Maple Syrup Royalty” and Steven’s father, Norman, was inducted into the American Maple Hall of Fame in 2009.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The History of Maple Syrup

Chapter 2: Identifying and Tapping Maple Trees

 

Chapter 3: Gathering Sap

 

Chapter 4: Cooking Sap

 

Chapter 5: Filtering and Bottling Syrup

 

Chapter 6: Cooking on an Evaporator

 

Chapter 7: Collecting Sap with Tubing

 

Chapter 8: End-of-Season Care

 

Chapter 9: Sugarhouse Considerations

 

Chapter 10: Grading and Selling Your Maple Syrup

 

Chapter 11: Making Other Maple Products

 

Glossary

 

Resources

 

Index

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2013
There is nothing like the taste of real maple syrup. Third-generation syrup producer Steve Anderson and children's book author Alison Anderson provide insights and recommendations on DIY syrup production from start to finish. While some equipment is as basic as a turkey fryer (to boil syrup), other specialized materials may be harder for beginners to obtain. Though this work is comprehensive, featuring strong descriptions of sap collection and syrup making, the shortage of illustrations will hinder novices. Rich Finzer's Maple on Tap offers a better, more comfortable introduction to tackling small-batch syrup production for the hobbyist. Still, the authors do include a wealth of information on standards, procedures, and equipment. VERDICT Though there are shortcomings, this is a solid addition to maple syrup-making collections; recommended for locals where maple syrup production is possible.

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