DONE DEAL in Ansonia. It was false hope.

I gathered 5 gallons of pretty clear sap and thought I would get 8 oz or so for a farewell boil on propane. Boiling wasn't the same as usual. The pot had an excessive amount of whitish residue and the sap/syrup remained cloudy to the bitter end. Well I had my daughter do her usual taste taste and she looked at me like I gave her something unidentifiable like the blindfold taste game we played as kids.

She said it was horrible. Tasted like sweet oinions with an aftertaste of dirty water.

Oh well i tried. It was still nice to be staring at boiling liquid for one last time.

Now I'm going to be modifying my block arch to a brick oven pizza oven. I have a good plan on the new oven. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks everyone for sharing all the information this season.