Russ....yep I guessed right on your pup being a Bichon...remind me to tell you someday about the dog show judge in Best In Show :-) And yep the official final count is 402.3l.

Got the last 2l+ today about an hour ago. Lots of dry spiles, light yeasty smell (though not rancid like this morning's surprise was!) and clouding in the sap, but not serious. One of the trees, #9, was still producing nice clear sap.

Now *all* I have to do is clean everything, let it dry, put it away, and continue turning the last dozen litres or so into nearup so I can make my last batch of liquid gold. Or amber in my case. May be another Red Queen! Hope to get 4l out of this last 84.5l batch of sap!