I'm starting to pull taps on Monday. It will take a few weeks to untap and clean all the lines. I would have started sooner but I was hopeful this past week of freezes would have yielded some late syrup. Sadly it is terrible sap, white and stinky.

All in all we ended with around 300 gallons of syrup, a lot of dark and very dark, no golden, very little amber. Less than I would have liked to make but it could have been worse. Never actually got out to tap walnuts!

Booked my trip to Vermont for the open house weekends at all the equipment makers at end of April. Looking for a new RO and a bottler. Give a shout if you're going too.