Suger Cane

[survivalshop]

 I went to a Cane party the other day & it was quite interesting to watch them make cane syrup.

 

 Cane that has already had the juices extracted by the PTO extractor . 

 

 The PTO driven Extractor

 

Boiling or cooking off the impurities , using rags as filters . It boils over & filtered then runs back into the cast iron brewing kettle.

 

A Hydrometer was used to know when its ready to strain & bottle .

 

The final product . The cost of this on such a small scale is prohibitive , but they shared this with us . My wife works with the owners of the Farm & we contributed $ 5 per bottle & if you tried it , its worth it .

[EasyEJL]

In Puerto Rico, they of course use sugar cane for making Bacardi. Although they no longer actually do the final stages of production in Puerto Rico, they still do the cane extraction there. The smell once you are within a half mile of the factory is unbelievably good.

[Sisco]

Up here we use essentially the same process to make maple syrup. Only we collect the sap, boil it down, skimming off the impurities, until it reaches the desired concentration. It takes fory gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.

[survivalshop]

 I want to know how to make fuel out of Cane , I may do that one day m grow my own & not worry about fuel , if the world takes a dump . I would think I would have to distill it in some way , a Still ? Ya , I need one . <thumbsup>

[EasyEJL]

legal too for fuel purposes! lemee know when yours is up and running :D

[Sisco]

I want to know how to make fuel out of Cane , I may do that one day m grow my own & not worry about fuel , if the world takes a dump . I would think I would have to distill it in some way , a Still ? Ya , I need one . <thumbsup>

The Brazilians make a lot of ethanol out of sugarcane. It happens to be probably the most efficient plant to make ethanol out of becuase of its high sugar content making for an efficient fermantation process. While you are at it, make some 151 rum! Seriously, a pretty straightforward distilling process would probably do it. Try googling Sugar cane ethanol production. Should find something.

[shepp]

All this talk about cane is giving me the sniffles!!!!

Sisco myple syrup totally came to mind when I read that!