Rick stokes the wood fired arch, which keeps the sap at various stages of a steady boil. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.
Don looks on while Jerry pours raw sap into the final boil, thinning the product to a perfect density.
The first pour is less only a few tablespoons, into a grade jar.
The grade jar is then held to the light and sight matched to one of the four standards. The sap today was yeilding a very light fancy grade.
Pouring off the final product.
