Rookie mistake...... Rut Row

[Dean Hale]

Considering sap was running slow, plus I was busy doing other things. I had sap sitting in some buckets for 3 days. It was 60 on Friday, so it was my fault for not getting to them. Get up this morning and the bucket behind the house looked like 1% milk. Worse than that I had 50 gallon in shed and was dumb enough to build a fire in there yesterday. It was cloudy as well.
Wondering if others leave their buckets hang when it's slow like that?
When I was done boiling, the wife said it was the best I've ever made. Go figure.

[adk1]

really, well I guess that is good. Tisk on your faor letting it spoil though! Kidding.

[TapME]

the best syrup made for eating comes at the end of the season in most cases, and that's when the sap comes in cloudy. We call that the private stash.

[Haynes Forest Products]

OK she said it was the best ever:o Now tell us about the other rot gut you were making......ONLY KIDDING

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

If it stinks really bad then dump it but if it is just cloudy and doesn't smell really bad, it would probably still make good dark syrup. Might be a grade "B" but still would be good syrup.

[mike z]

In the past I have gotten away with that in the beginning of the season. Like was mentioned, if it has a bad smell get rid of it for sure. My first year, I made syrup till the sap stopped running. The last batch I made smelt funny throughout the entire process. I was hoping after more boiling it would somehow make it all better. Long story short, 10hrs later it found its way down the gurgler, along with a few tears.

[SugarSquirrel]

remember, storing sap means you have to have it in a dark, cool place. It's just like milk and will spoil in heat, and also will spoil in sunlight. Then the sap is no good

[Brent]

I can see a new ad campaign on TV.

Guy with a sheepish grin pouring away spoiled sap that he couldn't get boiled in time.

Cialis !