This is a photo of Randy Mike and myself. Randy is working at the drawoff point and you can see the large red pneumatic valves which open to let the syrup out of the steam heated evaporator pan. Mike is filling a barrel with syrup which was just produced and I am replacing one of the hot water hoses as I have just cleaned a tank with scalding 200 degree F hot water. Keeping the stainless steel tanks spotlessly clean with scalding hot water produces a better flavored Pure Vermont Maple Syrup. In the foreground you can see one of the steam heated draw off kettles. These kettles are the ones in which the syrup is drawn into when it exits the evaporating system.
