Maple Sap boiling

[crzychicken]

Anyone making Maple syrup ? I need some help how do you know it's done ready for the jar ?

 

[Dar]

from what i understand from the color and the thickness of it...

 

[Rosalind]

A few ways:

1. Official way: use a hygrometer calibrated to a Brix scale, and jar at 66 Brix.

2. Semi-official way: use a candy thermometer to measure the boiling point. Finished syrup boils at 217F.

3. Unofficial way: taste and look at how runny it is. When it's about right...