Last night I got 60 gallons of sap evaporated and then collected 20 new gallons from the trees this morning 
I've ~90 gallons of sap remaining in my barrels right now. Going to boil more again this afternoon/evening. My evaporator is good for ~6 gallons/hour.
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5' x 9' sugaring room
37 taps (cast iron spiles), 3 gallon metal buckets
Boiling with a 21" x 24" divided pan, 3 troughs, w/warming tank on top
250K BTU propane burner inside cement block arch, 4 x 100lb. propane tanks in parallel
Sap storage in 44 gallon Brute barrels w/food-safe plastic bag barrel liners
2021: ~8 gallons of syrup
2022: ~11 gallons of syrup (but I lost a 3 gallon batch because I fell asleep and burned it!!)
2023: ~15 gallons of syrup
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