bowtie
03-13-2012, 11:41 AM
well today was going to be my last boil but after last night i calling it quits for the year. yesterday i collected in the morning and only could get to about 100 of my taps because my haul tank was full, the sap looked and smelled fine but when i started to boil the smell was terrible. i thought maybe it was because my tank was a little dirty or maybe because my pan had a little junk on it from boiling over but after a five hours of nasty smelling steam i drew off and the mostly finished syrup smelled so bad i almost threw-up! my trees are not showing buds and i would not think one day would cause the sap to sour but what ever happened it was gross. i read on her yesterday that i guy said that mere thought of boiling buddy sap almost sickened him and now i know what he meant. wow it was bad! over the weekend my skimmings started to smell fishy but it always smells bad, and the sap smelled good while boiling and the syrup smells fine and tastes good albiet it is quite dark. i guess it was a lesson learned, if you are not sure don't bother, making inferior product is not worth it. hope no one else has a bad boil like mine. already planning for next year with new ideas and hopes for a better year.