5th Generation gets into Maple Syrup making

Tibbitts family is now in the fifth generation of syrup makers.

To make maple syrup, but one new hartford family is making it a lifetime of fun.

Newschannel 2's kirk tupaj tells us how the tibbitts family is now in the fifth generation of syrup makers.

Tibbitts maple syrup farm is bringing up the fifth generation of maple syrup makers.

These 2 brothers have raised enough money from their farm stand to purchase an evapo grill syrup maker.

Gordon tibbitts works alongside his brother kyle collecting the sap produced by the maple trees.

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None sot: kirk tupaj on a good day you can fill a 3 gallon bucket like this one in about 8-10 hours, and it takes about 43 gallons of sap to produce just one gallon of maple syrup.

The sap then goes into a boiler where it eventually becomes maple syrup.

Kyle tibbitts is the youngest of the syrup makers learning how the process works.

Sot: kyle tibbitts, 5th generation maple syrup maker that's how you boil it.

It makes these little bubbles.

Kyle's brother gordon talked about how the 2 brothers decided to get into the family business.

Sot: gordon tibbitts, 5th generation maple syrup maker i've always dreamed of having an evaporator, and my little brother he also wanted an evaporator.

It's possible the syrup making business is just in their blood.

Their father was much younger when he started making syrup.

Sot: gordon tibbitts, 4th generation maple syrup maker i started tapping trees when i was 2 years old.

There's a lot of work that goes into making the syrup, and a considerableine syrup maker i got into maple syrup because my dad was out tapping the trees and i alwayswd we made&.i don't know maybe aqu> coming up-- royal rift.

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