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1 In an average year, each tap-hole will produce about 10 gallons of maple sap, enough for about a quart of pure Michigan maple syrup. 2  Maple sap is a slightly sweet, colorless liquid. 3  It takes approximately 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.
How to tap a maple tree (the basics). There is NOTHING in this world like homemade maple syrup on your pancakes. There is a reason REAL maple syrup cost so much! It takes 40-50 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of syrup.ell first you need to look at your tree and measure it. Your tree should be about 2 1/2 foot around at 4 foot from the ground in order to put a tap in. Anything smaller then that, let it continue to grow. The bigger round a tree is, the more taps you can put in it. We usually only put two taps per tree.