2014 was by far the strangest maple season since I have been doing this. I called it a season last night too. My season total was 3rd in the last 6 seasons with the same number of taps. Not a bad season but not quite good enough to make a qt per tap which is what I set as a goal.

My last boil went smoothly but like you the foam was bad and the sap smelled nasty. The color was medium but the taste was definitely mersh. I had to boil it some in my finisher to get it to density and any time that I have to do that I get a strong bitter taste in the syrup. I'm not sure what's going on there but it would be nice if it didn't happen.