End of season
We had a sugar house party on Friday and called it a season. Trees slowed way down, the sap is cloudy and smells fermented, and under 1%. The syrup is very dark, but still tasty, it’s time to quit before I make something I don’t like. I made 86+ gallons on 260 taps using 3/16 lines. 0.32 gpt. My best season yet and I retired from my day job end of February 
Gerold
Northfield, VT
2013 Started with 6 used buckets, 6 sap sacks, concrete block fire pit in the woods and a 20g Agway galvanized tub for boiling - made 8 quarts campfire grade syrup and got hooked. Over the years I acquired or built a 2x6 Leader evaporator, 20x30 barn/sugar house, home-built RO with 1-4x40 membrane and Kubota L3200 with log winch. In 2020 I was certified by VT Audubon as a bird-friendly producer.
2021 250 taps on 11- 3/16" lines hoping for 80 gal.
Out of control hobby, not a business!