We finished bottling today.   17 quarts.  When we total up the syrup for the season we get 51 gallons.   This batch of syrup was dark, grade B.  Some people like it.  And its good for cooking and baking. 

After bottling we went to work on the cleaning the nitre from the finishing pan.  Its kind’a like ring around the collar with nitre on the pan.  Its a ring of nitre about 1 ½ “ up around the pan.    All the nitre is off.  The pan is the cleanest its been in many years.   Nitre is not harmful to the quality of the syrup.   But it does cause a dull film on the stainless steel.  And on the bottom of the pans a buildup of nitre can cause weird heat distribution.

Into the woods by 9:00 AM to get the syrup on the finishing pan.  Started bottling by 12:45 PM.  Back to the house by 6:00 PM.  While waiting for the syrup we cut up limb wood for the wood shed.  It rained this afternoon. 

It looks like the R/O will arrive on Sunday.   Our equipment dealer is going to bring it. 

We have one more day of cleaning.   The season is not done until all the cleaning is done.