Why are you plugging any flow? You are defeating the whole purpose of a continuous-flow setup. You might as well be boiling in a kettle. Watch your thermometer near the take-off valve, check it with a hydro as it comes off, take off a little high, and adjust downward before bottling. You'll have your light syrup and be happy!
Central Ohio
Leader WSE 2x6
Old metal corn crib converted to "The Shack"
Smoky Lake 6 gallon water jacket canner
Daryl 5" filter press with air pump
Deer Run 125 RO
2023: 140 taps, buckets, 32 gallons
2019: 100 taps, buckets, 45 gallons
2018: 100 taps, buckets, 31 gallons
2017: 100 taps, buckets, 15 gallons
2015: 100 taps, buckets, 34 gallons
2014: 100 taps, buckets, 30 gallons
2013: 100 taps, buckets, 52 gallons