Looking good! I can smell it from here. We cooked yesterday morning in some serious wind. Temps were crazy (65+) so I felt like we needed to get the sap dealt with. There were wildfire warnings, and even with 14' of cooker length, 30' of stack, and the fall back to earth, our rig definitely puts live embers out in a dangerous way. Kept a real close eye on things and only started one small fire in the dry leaves. Luckily I caught it right away and a 5 gallon bucket of water plus a full bladder was enough to put it out. Good thing because the wind was blowing right towards my neighbor's house. I imagine she wouldn't have been too pleased if I lit the whole woods on fire right upwind of her. Anyway, we did get through all the sap before it spoiled and made some nice syrup. Started making some stuff that isn't too light like earlier in the season.
17 taps. Boiled around 120 gallons so far. Haven’t finished any syrup and don’t plan to until I’m done boiling for the season. Finishing everything in one shot just works better for me. Less wasted syrup and less mess to clean.
