Boiling sap to syrup at Jacobs family’s farm

Denny Jacobs and Bill Beebe keep a watchful eye on the boiling process that reduces sap to syrup.

Patrick L. Sullivan

Boiling sap to syrup at Jacobs family’s farm

FALLS VILLAGE — Maple syrup production was in full swing Monday morning, March 10, at the Jacobs family operation on Undermountain Road in Falls Village.

At 9 a.m. Denny Jacobs and Bill Beebe were hard at it. Jacobs said the goal for the day was to boil down 200 gallons of maple sap to just before the point where it’s maple syrup.

The last part of the process is done in a much smaller unit.

Asked about the ratio of sap to syrup, usually given at 40:1, Jacobs said “Everybody thinks it’s 40:1, but it depends. I think it’s probably more like 50:1, and we had one batch that was more like 80:1.”

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