This year I decided to save all my "near syrup" in buckets so I can do one "BIG finish" instead of wasting a bunch of sugar doing a bunch of "small finishes". I boil down until the bubbles are very small and vigorous, then I let it cool down and dump it into 4 gallon frosting buckets. I have yet to do a finish this season, but soon I should have enough "near syrup" to do a 10 gallon finish.
I'll let you know how this works out for me!