I think final numbers are in. Season was better than I thought it was, and we did better this year than last. We lost a sap seller, but made almost as much syrup. We hauled in 19,220 gallons of sap (21.8 gpt) and bought in another 5,335 gal from the Dills. Based on the SSC, we should've made 537.7 gal of syrup, but we only made 467.4 gal...difference of 87%...not sure where the 13% of syrup went, but some of it is due to not having an accurate water meter and going off the markings on the tank...will need to do something about this for next season. Gal syrup per tap was 0.4gpt and I shoot for 0.4-0.5gpt, so right in the ballpark. If March was just a touch warmer (really quite a bit warmer), we could've had a very good year. Syrup flavor was very good this year, IMO better than years past. Made very little Amber, a lot of Dark, and little Very Dark.

Already thinking about what we're doing for next year. Got some leads I'll be tracking down for possible expansion. We'll see over the next month or two what pans out.