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A few more questions for anyone...

1. Hydometer has two red lines one at 59 and one at 67 Brix scale. I stopped boiling at 59-60. What happens if I boil longer does it go to 67 and will it get darker?

2. Notices some sugar crystals in the bottom of one of the mason jars I put syurp in not a lot but a few like the crystal kits you buy for the kids to make crystals in. Bad filtering? to cold in fridge? boil to long? not long enough?


Look at your hydrometer closely. It should say 59 Brix at 211 degrees and 67 Brix at 60 degrees. We take ours to 57 Brix at 211 degrees in the evaporator and then finish it later on gas heat to 59 Brix. If you're getting crystals, you're taking it way to far.