We started in a batch pan and now have a regular evaporator. All else being equal, syrup in a batch pan will always be darker. The longer sap sits in a pan with direct flame to it, the darker it gets. We used to just make a small amount of dark and mostly very dark. Now we make medium and dark, somewhere around 50/50. But last year was more like 75/25 mostly medium. Same trees, same tanks, all else the same.
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press