I made mostly Dark syrup, I think that I made 25 gallons of Amber rich at the beginning of the season. I was running my front pan shallower at the beginning of the season and I think that helped me make lighter syrup. But I had a draw with my new new auto draw that at one point I could literally see some stainless on the bottom of the pan and I decided that I needed to run it a little deeper. As soon as I did that I went to Dark grade. It could be a coincidence, but last year I was only able to make 10 gallons of Amber Rich so I suppose I did improve.

Made near 50 gallons of Very Dark. But that's ok , I think the Dark stuff sells better anyway. To me the Golden Syrup is more useful as syrup to make a value added product. Very few people ask for it anymore. I guess being Fancy ain't as Cool as it used to be.