I boiled Friday - about 100 gals sap total, then collected a cord of wood Saturday morning to replenish. Sunday was filtering and bottling day. I had 4 different batches sitting in the 20l stainless pots waiting for finishing. I always take off a bit thick so my finishing process is to heat the pot to almost boiling, adjust for density and then raise to a full boil and into the filter / canner.
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Bottled up over 45 litres on Sunday - making my year total 68l so far. (Funny how 18l in the pot turns into 13l in the bottles after I fill the bottles to capacity)

My filter/canner was an excellent investment and highly recommended for anyone with 50-150 trees. It holds a single cone filter and can accept a full 20l pot at once, keeping the syrup and filter hot through the bottling process. I was able to bottle all 45 litres using a single cone filter. I used 4 pre-filters, washing them out between batches but didn't have to replace the orlon. First 2 batches were light, the last 2 medium although right on the edge with light. Even though that last 50gals of sap was starting to cloud, still making medium this year.

I only had 25 gals of sap collected on Friday and Saturday and none yesterday, so we'll have to see how this week looks. It's supposed to be cool again tonight. Yay.