I think the light syrup is the price you pay for good equipment... If you boil 80 gallons of sap for about 16 hours like I do,,, it's usually always got some colour at the end.

Must admit it takes alot of beverages when you are this slow, certainly we're well above a litre per tap if it's beer we're measuring instead of syrup! But then, for me it's just an excuse to socialize in the spring.

When my boys get bigger and I can build a shack right back at the bush I might be tempted to get serious as I could probably get up to around 500 taps.