New to wood burning and creosote dripping from stove

I bought a Hearthstone Craftsbury wood stove late last spring. I used it for a few weeks in March and April and also a few times this fall. Within the first 10-20 minutes of lighting a fire I get anywhere from a teaspoon to a tablespoon of liquid creosote dripping from under the stove down the legs for a few minutes. I'm mostly burning Ash wood that has seasoned for about a year. Is it normal for a stove to drip? It's not dripping anywhere else and the chimney looked very clean when I took a look at it.

Other than the dripping I really like the stove. I'm heating a 1500 sq.ft. two story house with the stove and it cut my March and April gas bill down by about 2/3 from the year before even though the average temp. was 2 degrees less. Plus we are a lot warmer, the stove is keeping our downstairs between 75 and 80 F. and the upstairs about 65-70.

Thanks for any advice.

Yes, I followed the manual for the starter burns to season the stove both last season and this season. According to the manual any dripping should have stopped after the first few burns.

I think it might be condensation mixing with some ash leaking from the bottom of the stove. I did notice some condensation on the door window when I got home from work today before I fired it up. It still dripped for a few minutes shortly after I got it warmed up, maybe a half teaspoon worth of liquid. I did not see any cracks in the stone but I did use a mirror today to take a look underneath and I can see were it is dripping on both sides at a sealed seam. I've noticed that it drips worse when I clean out all of the ash. The wood has been sitting for about a year and I have not noticed any sizzling from it.

I am using supervent double wall stove pipe and double wall chimeny from Menards. I think selkirk makes it. The cap is the same brand but seems kind of cheap compared to the rest of it.

As far as heating the house, most of my square footage is down stairs with a fairly open house plan. I have ceiling fans in every room to keep the air circulating and also have new doors, windows, drywall and insulation thanks to a flood 2 years ago. The weather has also been pretty mild, I think the coldest night we just dipped below freezing for a few hours. I have been keeping the stove between 400 and 500 degrees.

Thanks again for any advice.