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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.
As the No. 1 producer of maple syrup in the United States, Vermont is expected to lead the way for other states to adopt the new names by 2015. 1  STORY: How we get maple syrup may change. 2  Vermont produced about 40% of the total U.S. syrup crop of roughly 3.25 million gallons in 2013. All of the New England states make maple syrup, along with Pennsylvania, New York, and even a few states outside the Northeast, such as Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.