I made it to a quart of syrup per tap for our city bucket operation! The final batch was a little earthy and/or butterscotchy... color in the lower half of the "dark robust" range. Think that's saleable? I think I could go farther with some freezes and snow in the forecast but life is happening and I decided I'll quit there. All sap (that I decided to boil) has been processed into syrup, now just need to bottle, clean up, distribute, and "market". I think it turned out to be a good season! I'll post a more thorough summary at some point. Happy Easter!
2024: 28 taps, 7 gallons. RB5 purchased but not opened :-(
2023: 30 taps, 17 trees, 11 properties, Sugar Maple & Norway. 2x3 flat over propane & kitchen finish. ~11(!) gallons.
2022: 9 taps, 5 trees, 4 properties. 3 hotel pans on 3 Coleman 2-burner stoves burning gasoline; kitchen finish. ~3 gallons.
2021: 2 taps, 1 sugar maple. Propane grill then kitchen finish. ~Pint.
All years: mainly 5/16" drops into free supermarket frosting buckets. Some plastic sap buckets hanging on 5/16 sap-meister.