Making Maple Syrup Part II

[TheRan2lut]

My science classes are studying xylem and phloem, so I showed part 1 to all my classes. Thanks. Great job.

[KingIshaqq]

use any filters?

[theowhowe83]

We do it a little differently in Maine. Rather than have that floating density measuring thing, we heat the sap until it gets to about 220 degrees, and then we can it.

[TheAssassin413]

I realy like this I wish I had a family like yours. can you adopted me?

[simpson09048]

the narrator sounds like Michael J Fox.

[grookes]

Thank you for sharing! It helped me explain to my kids where maple syrup comes from.

[alexcooldude2004]

Loved the 2 parts!! Its so magical! :D U really are blessed with such a nice family.

[cesarbattistinim]

Awesome!



[1stclasshonours]

Hey I'm from Trinidad and i love maple syrup, after watching your video i have a lot more appreciation for that magical syrup. keep up the G- work guys

[photographeroflife]

What a beautiful tradition! And a beautiful family! I feel the blessing of God that rests on your family, and his delight in your faithfulness and love for family/community. Bless you guys!

[1viewer6]

There isn't anything better than being a part of a traditional, family run business....it's the heart & soul of America. Thanks for allowing us to see how your operation there works...very interesting indeed!

[Kearnach]

Great series of videos, but if I may make a suggestion or three: Don't play the music over your narration, it makes it quite difficult to hear you. Try to have people explaining processes in an environment that doesn't sound like a grade school lunch room, and finally, the overall volume of your music was quite loud. Maybe I'm being picky.

[sirpau1]

@Kearnach I think you are being very picky. The music volume was great. And the environment should represent what it really is like over there...the 'grade school lunch room' environment is what makes the video so 'warm' and shows that it is a family business.

[fstwrtr]

A full blown money makin operation there boys... the religious music is a little much

[fstwrtr]

A full blown money makin operation there boys...

[sandy3997]

What a great video! Makes me want to go out and help collect sap! Do you know if there are any ways an average city person can get involved/help out? Looks like fun!

[christophpetts]

This is great man! I just tapped my first trees. I have 10 taps. I'm from Conover, WI

[christophpetts]

This is great man! I just tapped my first trees. I have 10 taps. I'm from Conover, WI

[alabangdream]

Thank you for sharing! 

[xXAnthony619Xx]

Awesome video thx!

[geliteman]

A great American tradition, a great American family. I wish you many more generations of this awesome tradition. I will be tapping a few of my trees in the Catskill Mountains of New York as a beginner sapper this weekend . Thank you for the good advice and explanation. I hope you have another great year together.

[TheSweetSea]

What a wonderful family tradition! Great job on the video, very informative and entertaining. Makes me want to visit Wisconsin!

[757WN]

Awesome. What a great family too!

[Kamasutralover1969]

Great tradition, and a lot of happy people. You must be having fun! Greetings from Norway

[Kamasutralover1969]

Great tradition, and a lot of happy people. You must be having fun! Greetings from Norway

[BelRiose2000]

What state is this?

[tobyot]

Wisconsin

[ujiklman20]

@tobyot hi

[mattpresti]

awesome stuff...thanks for making this...mp

[Mabro203]

this is cool and interesting thanks

[THEGlassIED]

Thanks for sharing. Very cool videos!

[Jeannette311]

Marvelous.

[gohst1]

Very interesting video! I had no idea how they get and make maple syrup. Thanks for making this. - from australia

[meandfidel]

Wow Great  operation and family Thanks for sharing this

[hmoulder]

Thank you for posting these videos. I'm homeschooling my son and he chose to learn about maple syrup as a natural resource. This answered all of his questions! Thank you!

[trimisa]

Awesome videos!!!!

[KinetiK138]

Thanks for making these videos, they are awesome. Seriously awesome. :)

[xajterag]

Can you please tell us what songs are playing in the back ground of Part 1 and 2?

[tobyot]

@xajterag

Part I - How Great by David Crowder*Band

Part II - Stars by David Crowder*Band

[adsense1]

Best part of the whole video is 291/2 mom says.....lol.......listen to your momma boy.....from oklahoma and love these people!

[twochordcool]

Can this be done in a kitchen on a far smaller scale if you have access to maple trees?

[twochordcool]

very interesting - how can I purchase your final result?

:)

[tobyot]

@twochordcool

My Grandpa use to make maple syrup with only 2 or 3 trees and I think he would boil it down in a smaller pot on his grill outside. He passed away about 5 years ago so I can't ask him exact details as to how he did it, but it can be done. If you want some, I can send you a quart. It will cost $20 + shipping (3.5 lbs) from Dallas, TX.

[twochordcool]

@tobyot Sorry about your grandfather. You make maple syrup in Texas?

[tobyot]

@twochordcool

No, I'm just in Texas for school right now and have a stash down here.

[Lomontvillian]

Nothin better then sittin around drinking beer and evaping maple sap. You know it!

[supajive]

sounds like easy money, im gonna start my own syrup business and make billions!

[mastercraft48125]

Great video. Nice tradition. Hope to be starting one here with my family although not nearly as big as your operation.

[buckbrock]

Get your facts correct its not a ratio of 10 to 1 its more like 50 or 60 to 1

[johndeere4srwl]

@buckbrock, accually we get 10 to 1 too, it all depends where you are

[gumpman155]

I love you tube and I am glad you tube is here, this brings me a lot of entertainment and I really enjoy what I see and what I learn here on this program

[jockeyhanes]

such a lovely tradition...lovelx family home sweet maple syrup made

[SCOTTDAVIDSON32]

Awsome videos thanks for teaching how its done!

[AnotherCompartment]

you shouldn't lick your finger to open the bag.

[riverbed2]

Wow what a process ,this video is great to help understand how syrup is made ! Thank you

[davethecrave22]

Great videos! I would love to see the canning room and how the syrup is packaged.

[snarevandamm]

that was great - always wondered how it was made...

...now i know! thanks for posting!

[DelsforGod71]

Hey There,

Thank you SO much for posting these videos! I come from New Zealand and we don't even HAVE Maple trees!LOL Maple Syrup here is $12 NZD a bottle (approx $24USD) for the real stuff and so most ppl can't afford it!

I have wanted to know how the Syrup was collected from childhood ( comes from reading too many American books like Little House On The Prairie!!)LOL So it's fantastic to finally be able to find out! So once again thank you for sharing this awesome tradition!

GOD

ROCKS

[TheRuthieGal]

awesome videos thanx! lovely family!

[14752147521]

I loveeee coming and helping Megan Out! Hopefully she has another birthday party! I had fun. :)

--Katelyn Langman

[1joecool1]

sweet;-]

[pudgimelon]

I'm originally from Wisconsin, but now I live in Bangkok, Thailand. I own a learning center here and today we were making pancakes. I wanted to tell the kids about my childhood experiences making maple syrup and so we looked on YT and found your videos. The kids loved them and our pancakes tasted much better with "tree water" on them :-)

They were also very impressed with your large family and the little girl driving the tractor. I told them these things are pretty normal in Wisconsin :-)

[KMK39]

A very good film.

[1984cleansedme]

My son didn't know all the amazing things you can find on you-tube. I was teasing him and I said, you could just put in "make maple syrup" and find out how to do it.Well, as they say; the rest is history. Loved your video, thank you for posting it. Now tell us where we can buy your product.

[tobyot]

That's so fun, thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, sales only

takes place within the family, but if you'd really want some and would

be willing to pay fragile shipping, let me know how many quarts you

would like and we can work out a price. Once I figure out shipping.

Thanks,

Tobyot

[lunaticasai]

Clearly one of the best videos Ive seen yet. Thanks for sharing.

By the way,,, all that background noise to me back home and brought back familiar memories. Providence RI.

[caneywaney]

I would of expected a pancake and waffle breakfast using the syrup you produced, but dogs and burgers are cool too. nice vid

[bandfreakcandy]

great vid reminded me of being back with my family in rohde island

[lornabullock]

Hi I'm Roxie, I live in Taiwan. My English teacher and I are learning about making Maple syrup! Your video is super cool and I learned a lot. My teacher is from Mn and she says that making maple syrup is fun. I think I would like to try it one day. Thank you for sharing this experience with me. Yours truly Roxie Xuan.

[paulaordunez]

Thank you O'Brian Family for sharing your tradition with us.

My 6yo wanted to know how it was done and he felt like he was a part of it! :-)

[MzProgressive]

Thanks for this great vid! I'm from New England where we made our annual Sunday afternoon trek to the local sugar house, and topped it off with a waffle and sausage dinner - mmm mmm!

Was especially interested to see the new "collection bags." Looks much more efficient than the old tin buckets/lids.

Impressive evap'r!

Heard there were lousy weather conditions last year - syrup went from $12 per QUART to $19 here last spring.

Here's wishing you a great "sugaring" season this year!

[licksy14]

i love maple fudge

its makes me happy

[Uberhilarious]

Awesome videos thanks. It makes me feel all warm to see your huge family still doing this after 100+ years. I like how you keep records of past years. Very Cool. I wish I could be a part of something this great.. 5 stars!

[Pyroman7489]

So where are yo from, I saw the fleetfarm lable on one of the tanks so i assume you are in the midwest. Im in minnesota.

[tobyot]

Around Green Bay, Wisconsin

[poolshark152006]

really! i live around green bay... new franken

[ak7wyf]

did you mean a 300 gallon tank. 3000 gallons? uh nope

[tobyot]

yup, sorry about that - 300 gallon tank. Thanks for the catch

[rimururu87]

wow...

no wonder the price of 250 ml maple syrup is expensive..

the procedure of making it is totally hard!

hurm....

[mufflercrunch]

Aw!!!!!

[whatup1988]

Very cool vid! and very well made.

[bmorrison0070]

thanks for the great video. You have inspired me to start making maple syrup on our PA farm. I love that all those people come out to be together and eat, work and fellowship. I have four young children and I hope we can have such a wonderful tradition generations from now. Keep it up!!!

Ben Morrison

[duanemary1998]

Toby- Duane&I really enjoyed your series. What a wonderful family tradition - they are so important to maintain.  It looks like everyone is having a great time too! Your Aunt Kim told me about your videos at one of the Badger fb games. We hope you are doing well and hope to see you at a fb game someday!

Duane and Mary from Section A at Camp Randall.

[tobyot]

Hey guys! Oh how I miss the great city of Madison and the great traditions that that city has held for our family as well. Glad you enjoyed the videos, it was so fun to capture that side of our family. Things in Texas are doing well - marriage is amazing! I hope to be at the fb games as well someday!

Take Care!

[BeantownToBigD]

Thank you, this is a wonderful video series. This morning our family had a delicious pancake breakfast and our six-year-old daughter enjoyed learning about maple syrup production.

[barvall4]

We thoroughly enjoyed both of your videos. I home school, and we are reading Little House in the Big Woods. I did a search for "making maple syrup", and your video came up. What a great addition to our home school!

We were envious of all of your family. You are so blessed.

We enjoyed listening to your music as well. Do you sell your products?

[tobyot]

Most of the family that helps out is paid in maple syrup at the end of the year. If there is extra after that - it is mostly bought up by the family and sold personally to friends. So we do sell our maple syrup but not commercially. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[milesoverton]

i love that. working hard for something other than money!

[tommee10533]

Great video,looks like a good tradition...Keep it up

[Tamsie77]

Thank you so much for this video! I teach sixth grade, and it's made the perfect addition to their Science chapter! As an added bonus, I teach at a Christian school, and your video was a very safe one for me the show them, which is in unfortunate contrast to most videos on here. The Christian songs in the background were just icing on the cake. :) Thank you so much!

[2cool2spy]

Thank you for a great video. I was poking around looking for information to share with my USA Geography class while studying Vermont and maple syrup. I will be showing both your videos in class this week. Great info. I was surprised that the sap was so watery. I am used to seeing pine sap which is like glue!

I learned a lot.

[supadupamarioguy21]

I never saw those blue bags before (I see usually buckets for the maple syrup on the trees)

[tobyot]

It's mostly sold and given away within the family as a means of paying those who help make it. After that it is mostly sold to friends of the family so there is not much left after that. We sell it in quart and pint size glass jars so it is pretty expensive to ship.

[tobyot]

We had quite an amazing season this past year, but the O'Brien Family does not have super syrup, my apologies for the error in the video here - we only have a 40 to 1 sap to syrup ratio. Thanks all for watching!!

[ddog7831]

I boil sap down at our local historical park, and it's great! keep up the tradition- great videos!

[toobmes]

Thanks for a nice video--looks like a great family tradition. In your other video you claim that your sap to syrup ratio of 10 to 1. If that's true, would you please send my some of your maple seeds!! Actually, a 40 to 1 ratio is quite good. Have a great 2008 season. Here in Ohio we are hoping for a huge run this weekend!

[MarkP049]

It's a cold and sunny sunday morning in Germany and my kids (6 and 12) just finished eating their "pancakes with maple syrup" breakfast. Where does maple syrup come from? I was asked. We then found your video here on YouTube ...and the rest is history,-) Thanks for making this video.

[3hypnotize]

we did exaclly the same thing! but we're in New Zealand =)

[Lyssa85]

Nice tradition! love it! greets

[EdmundSquid]

Would I be able to do this small time on my kitchen stove with like ten gallons or so???

[happygolucky323]

It was amazing Video!

I am looking for sugarbush I can help tapping and production maple syrup now.

Can I work at your sugarbush this spring?

Miyuki Hirama

[IxNeverxFeelxLonely]

How many gallons does your family produce a year?

[tobyot]

It varies on the year of course, but anywhere from 400 to 600 quarts which divided by 4 is around 100 to 150 gallons per year.

[daejoe3]

Excellent timing coming across this video, as my 8 yr old just asked 2 days ago how to make maple syrup. You really captured the reality of family involvement and team work in doing something like this. Thanks for doing this!

[bridezhead]

thanks! nice vid. i will try making syrup on my 48 acres in VT. well done.