Finally some gold!

[5050racing]

Just got done with a 98 gal boil from yesterday and today's run and made 27 8 oz bottles and 2 12 oz nice light and tasty,just had a bowl of oatmeal with it for dinner at 10:45 pm now!image.jpgimage.jpg. I know the fill should be higher but it's a little cooled down in photo,rest time

[Run Forest Run!]

Twenty-nine bottles for your first batch of the season???!!!! WOW!

What are you going to do with all of the syrup you'll end up with? Are you going to start selling syrup this year to make back some of your inve$tment?

Great job 5050. That's a beautiful haul.

[5050racing]

Yes as I did last year,got to be careful the big man will want tax!! But I also give a lot a way for favors and thank yous,Christmas ,I'm bad at shopping.I really like giving it to friends that help doing other things on the farm,watching animals, baling hay etc. I sent it out all over to family,friends in the flat rate box,I get 2 8 oz bottles in there.

[5050racing]

Just think if I had a better ratio here but that's what it is,I'm pretty accurate on the amount of sap as I use a 55 gal drum to collect.

[sweetmoomoo]

nice looking syrup, I boiled down 45 gals over the weekend and got the same light stuff. need it to get colder at night now it has been above freezing the past two nights here and nothing running.

[5050racing]

It just got down to freezing at my place,will see and make everything ready for wind and rain so the buckets don't blow away rocks etc on lids!this was a little lighter than my first bottles back on the 2/23

[5050racing]

Here a shot today in the sunimage.jpg

[Run Forest Run!]

Sorry 5050, but that batch looks spoiled. You'd better send it up here and I'll dispose of it for you. No need to thank me.

[jbravo54]

Nice work 5050.

Why is your name 5050? Do you race 50s?

[5050racing]

Thanks everyone,you will get your shot at it!!! 69* outside on my way home!see what's out there!cold coming back