Brad E. Wildes
03-17-2004, 04:50 AM
I'm some what new and I'm afraid this might be long. I'm inconsinsant on my syrup. I have a homemade evaporator 22" x36"x8" wood fired stainless steel.I brought my first batch to a rolling boil and brought it down to where I wanted to finish it in a 5 gal stainless steel pot on a gas burner. I finished it to the hydrometer reading of syrup. Filtered it and heated it up to 200 F., and bottled it. saw niter sand in it and then found out that I got it to hot.So I poured it out and reheated it to 180-185F refiltered it,kept it at 180-185F and bottled it. Now it niter free but cloudy. Is it from all the heating and handling it?Can I do something to clear it up ? I want it to look good I give most of what I make as gifts and use the rest.
2nd. batch brought to rolling boil to where I wanted to remove it to my pot. Put it in the pot and on the burner and wasn't watching as close as I should and it foamed up and over. It didn't foam over much and was at the syrup reading on the hydrometer. Filtered it, put it in a pail and set it aside for a day. Meanwhile I ran off another batch on the evaporator and finished it off in the pot at a steady rolling boil. Filtered it added it to the batch (2nd batch)2 days earlier. Next day I warmed all of it to 180-185F bottled it and I've got what I consider perfect syrup. Everything I use to cook it down is stainless steel. The filter is an orlon bag with a paper prefilter and are washed after every filtering. Did letting this one foam over make it clear like it should be.If any one can help I sure need it and maybe we could talk on the phone just E-mail me at bradw_wi@yahoo.com I have other questions but this is keeping me up at nite.
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2nd. batch brought to rolling boil to where I wanted to remove it to my pot. Put it in the pot and on the burner and wasn't watching as close as I should and it foamed up and over. It didn't foam over much and was at the syrup reading on the hydrometer. Filtered it, put it in a pail and set it aside for a day. Meanwhile I ran off another batch on the evaporator and finished it off in the pot at a steady rolling boil. Filtered it added it to the batch (2nd batch)2 days earlier. Next day I warmed all of it to 180-185F bottled it and I've got what I consider perfect syrup. Everything I use to cook it down is stainless steel. The filter is an orlon bag with a paper prefilter and are washed after every filtering. Did letting this one foam over make it clear like it should be.If any one can help I sure need it and maybe we could talk on the phone just E-mail me at bradw_wi@yahoo.com I have other questions but this is keeping me up at nite.
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