Early Season syrup ropey

[DrTimPerkins]

Now if you pass your sap through a 0.2 micron filter, it'll produce sterile concentrate as long as your gear remains sterile... Of course, those things are pricey ($70-200) and you'd need a lot of pressure just to get through it, and you'd likely go through a lot of them. >_<

This might well remove the microbes in the sap, but probably would not reduce the metabolic by-products of those beasties. The alcohol and other things they produce will still remain in the liquid....even if you run them through an RO.

[Bruce L]

Dr. Tim, pumped the sap up to the holding tank today, looks cloudy and both my wife and I noticed a smell coming off of it, so it's going back to the ground instead.

[KevinS]

Dr. Tim, pumped the sap up to the holding tank today, looks cloudy and both my wife and I noticed a smell coming off of it, so it's going back to the ground instead.

I see you are cleaning the pan. I suggest you make sure you resterilize your holding tank and line to the evap along with the line and pump used to fill the holding tank... just to be safe. no point in risking sweetening the pan twice for nothing

[DonMcJr]

LOL Terry I was thinking the same thing until you helped get it clarified!

[peckfarm]

What is a small amount, and what do I look for?

[Fairfield Sugarmaker]

Well i started this thread so i figure I will give you an update, we cut our losses and dumped what was in the pans, rinsed, washed with acid and rinsed some more. We boiled Sunday and had wonderful results and made syrup like it should be!!