I don’t think air was filtering back in when it cooled, the caps all sealed.
General,
Sterilizing might be a strong word. We rinse the containers with really hot water to be sure there are no flies, ants, spiders, mouse poop, road fumes, cleaning agents, etc. inside.
We can only control what happens to the container once it is in our possession.
What happens between the time the manufacturer packages them and we get our hands on them is anyone’s guess.
I made a fill stop for the wife and it uses a ¼” spout plus ball valve.
Large containers we tip to one side as we start to fill so the syrup runs down the side rather than splashing straight to the bottom.
It’s an attempt to reduce the amount of agitation the syrup suffers.
We can adjust the ball valve when/if necessary.
Quebecguy,
We’re a small op, so we fill 5 gallon SS Cornelius kegs, 1 gallon glass, then retail containers, in that order.
Long term storage is down in a root cellar at about 63* (17C).
We were able to fix it.
We use cone filters off the evaporator, then filter again when hot packing for storage.
After long term storage and prior to bottling we normally run it through a pre-filter only.
Last night we broke everything back down, reheated, then ran it through the pre-filters and an orlon.
No foam this time.
I don’t understand why running it through an orlon would keep it from foaming the way it did previously. Something in the syrup? Niter?? Something else??
Shouldn’t have been, ‘twas filtered twice before.
I don’t know.
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