vtchuck
Well-Known Member
I've been making this for years, using Vermont maple sap from my trees. One batch a year in the spring... usually March when the sap runs. Simply replace the water in a mead recipe with maple sap. Not maple syrup... that stuff is $40 a gallon. I don't taste the sap in the finished product, but I've been told it adds a woody note by others.
I collect 10-12 gallons of sap and boil it down to about 5 gallons, cool and add to the recipe. I guess the boiled down sap is somewhere around 5% sugar.
You can also use maple sap in beer recipes.
I collect 10-12 gallons of sap and boil it down to about 5 gallons, cool and add to the recipe. I guess the boiled down sap is somewhere around 5% sugar.
You can also use maple sap in beer recipes.