For maple syrup makers

Forty to one. The boil doesn't lie.

Sugarmaking is a once-a-year harvest with a brutal exchange rate: forty gallons of sap boil down to one gallon of syrup, and the whole season — taps, lines, filters, firewood — rides on however many gallons the trees decide to give. MadeKeeper spreads the season's real costs across the real yield, down to the half-pint on the stand shelf.

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How MadeKeeper maps to your sugar shack

The season as the batchTaps, lines, filters, and firewood log as the year's inputs. The final syrup gallons divide them up — a heavy sap run means cheap syrup, a short season means the truth.

Jars by weight and sizeHalf-pints, pints, and the gallon jugs for the die-hards — each bottling pulls its syrup share plus jar, lid, and label, priced per size.

Grades tracked apartGolden delicate from the early run and dark robust from the late — separate products, separate prices, one boil ledger behind both.

The stand, the market, and the neighborsRoadside honor sales, market tables, and the standing orders from everyone who tasted it once — each channel keeps its own count.

One season, to the half-pint

Say 40 taps yield 10 gallons of syrup — 80 half-pints:

Taps, lines, and filters for the season$118.00
Firewood for the boil$80.00
80 half-pint jars @ 78¢$62.40
80 labels @ 10¢$8.00

Season cost — $3.36 a half-pint$268.40

At $12 a half-pint you keep $8.64 each — and in a short sap year, when ten gallons becomes six, the same arithmetic shows the real cost climbing past $5 a jar before you price the shelf. The boil doesn't lie, and now the books don't either.

Maple syrup carries its own labeling world — grade names, net contents in both units, and state maple laws in the serious sugaring states. MadeKeeper keeps the boil, bottling, and lot records that paperwork leans on; your state's grade and label rules stay yours to check.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions maple syrup makers ask

How do I cost syrup when the trees set the yield?

Spread the season's real spending across the gallons you actually drew off. Big year, low cost; short year, the honest number — the same arithmetic beekeepers run on the honey pull, and just as clarifying.

Does firewood really belong in the math?

Four cords burned to boil is real money even when you cut it yourself — log it at market value or at zero, but decide on purpose. Propane and oil evaporators make the line item undeniable.

Can I track sugar-on-snow events and value-added products?

Yes — maple cream, candy, and the pancake-breakfast weekend run as their own products and events. Value-added is where small sugarmakers find their margin, and the ledger will show yours plainly.

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