The taste of syrup and how to find a buyer for each grade....

[amaranth farm]

Radio Silence.

[maple flats]

The lack of true maple flavor in lighter syrups I believe is why my Dark syrup sells so well and I have far more requests for dark than any other grade.

[BAP]

How many taps do you have? What are you boiling on?

[sugarsand]

I have to agree Dave, no one comes looking for light in a can anymore, medium sells best followed by dark. All syrup set aside for family is dark with good flavor at near end of season, we all like the heavier maple flavor.

[amaranth farm]

Radio Silence.

[lords sugaring]

I would definitely agree with what you're saying and have done similar with friends and family. Everyone has different tastes but almost everyone likes the medium/Amber. I have 2 customers that only want gold/light and the rest want Amber or dark. I'm a very small producer in SNH and usually sell out as soon as the batches are done being bottled so sometimes everyone doesn't get what they want but they still buy it. Time for more taps to actually get to enjoy my own syrup this year

[southfork]

With newer production methods there is some late season "lighter syrup" being produced. IMO, the taste can be not in line with what traditional light syrup tasted like. Something to consider, and I guess a reason why taste is becoming more important than simply color alone. Unfortunately, this may become confusing to many customers.