Central Ontario Tapping

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First batch. Lightning storm was awsome.

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I like the bottles! I've always used canning jars. Is there a different method for those bottles? Any issue with storage?

Boiled through the 85L I had collected. Haven't bottled so not sure of the exact amount of syrup. Emptied whatever was left in the sap bags into storage barrel. Might have been a mistake as now some of the bags are blowing off the trees.

Also tried using a hyrdometer... Always seemed to read low. I boiled a pot of water and the digital thermometer read 210, so add 7 deg and I stopped boiling at 217 (218 actually). Hydrometer still read low (needed more boiling). It's only for my consumption, so not really concerned about it, but has anyone used one and can give tips? It's also a pain to try to fill the hydrometer with syrup since it doesn't fit in my boiling pot. I may just give up on it.