8 at 5:00 AM this morning.  Sunny, up to 23 but still windy.  Wind chill below 0 this morning.

Into the woods at 11:00 AM to get a milk can of syrup on the finishing pan.  The milk can stood in the cold building all night so the syrup started out very cold.  Takes longer to finish because we have to heat it longer.  We brought the remaining milk can of syrup in the farm house to warm overnight.   Should start out warmer tomorrow when we bottle it.

Used two heaters in the kitchen while bottling.  The heaters are more for the bottles then for us.  We can dress warmer but the bottles should be warm to keep the syrup at pasteurization temperature when filled.  We start bottling when the syrup is 190 degrees.  If the bottle is too cold syrup temperature is lost to warming the bottle and our syrup could fall below pasteurization temperature.

Bottled 31 quarts and 1 pint.  This syrup looks a little lighter in color.