Hate filtering!!!!

[Woodsrover]

If everyone on here ignores anything I ever say, listen to me about my filtering process.

I draw of just before syrup.
Finish in a 10 gallon stock pot over propane with a spigot 1" off the bottom.
When finished, turn heat off and let settle for a day or two.
Draw syrup out of stock pot leaving the niter below the spigot.
Re-heat in a double-boiler. This is probably the most important part. Heating over direct flame will only produce more niter.
When back up to 190-200 degrees, pour through a pre-moistened wool filter with a pre-filter inside it.
I use custom filter box welded inside another post that keeps the syrup hot. I filter over the stove with the water in the lower pot just simmering to keep the syrup above 180 degrees.

Without trying to brag, I get almost perfectly clean syrup with almost no niter every after sitting for a year. Its simple and easy and stress-free.

Thread about my filter box

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[TapTapTap]

I'm new to sugaring but I was convinced last year to get a filter press. I think it is the single greatest improvement to the quality of my syrup.

I quickly saw the benefits of efficient and high quality filter after the draw off. But more than that, later in the season you can use it to clean out the syrup pan and bring your product back to a cleaner and lighter grade.

I'll bet it's like air conditioning in your car - would you ever go back?

[JYb.shopteacher]

This has been a great thread, this is my method as of the 2018 season https://youtu.be/7FskrCyu_hY
Improvements I plan to initiate this season as a result of reading this thread. I hope to build a surround to go around my filter rack (possibly bucket), I also will be taking my cone filter and storing it in a clean bucket after filtering and eventually rinsing it in the sap barrel from the next run. Thanks for the collage of great methods!

[buckeye gold]

I think the most intriguing concept of date is the vacuum filters