Hi guys,
Started at 9:00 AM I have a home made flue pan, and am still doing batch method. I boiled down about 140 gal of sap today @ about 18 gal/hr avg. About 5 minutes before we pulled the pan, I noticed that the air no longer smelled sweet. Syrup tastes weird, no maple flavor. This is the second time this has happened to us. Reaching out for help here, just added 5 gal of fresh sap to the pan. We put the batch into my flat pan now. Its about 5-6 gal. and then I added the 5 gal fresh sap. Very discouraged,
Karl