Oh geez Drew that hurts I'm sorry to hear that.. makes my little "taffy" mishap seem minor.

Upon further taste testing, the sour taste is actually closer to a molasses taste to be honest.. so I think I'm going to thicken it up a bit more and use it for baking molasses cookies! So in the end I only wasted about 50 liters of sap.

I had left the barrel in a sunny area as it had frozen pretty good two weekends ago.. and then couldn't really move it. Next year I'll make sure to keep it shaded and deal with cold as it comes.. I still have two sugars with their taps in.. if I get 30-40 liters over the next week or so I'll boil it on the stove to try to make up for lost sap! Lesson learned for next year!