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    Do we really need to use mason jars with Maple Syrup? I have a local supplier I use for my Honey and can get 750 ml jars at a great price. However screw on lids. I know people use plastic jugs but they are expensive. If I bottle hot and turn them over will that seal them so I can sell some?

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    I would think, if the seal is on the lid and can withstand the heat @185* Go for it. I would make sure the jars are hot before adding syrup. Turn them upside down over night. JMO
    Steve

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    Thanks for the replies folks. As far as the Honey goes it is packed room temperature and I use glass bottles.

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    If the jar can take 185-190 degree syrup and if the lid has a good seal, you can. I'd test a few to verify they will seal. If no seal the syrup will mold unless you store it in the freezer. It will not freeze.
    Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
    Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
    Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
    After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by amaranth farm View Post
    Is honey packed hot or cold? The plastic used for honey containers might not stand up to a liquid near 190F....
    We never heat our honey past what Ma Nature and the bees do. above 105 F or so starts killing enzymes and what not. Grocery store honey has usually been pasteurized. We sell outs as Raw, pure, strained, not filtered, still has enzymes and pollen. We keep everything hospital clean. We steam sterilize jars and what not before bottling, wash and rinse the plastic in hot water- about 115F .
    '12 15 jugs - Steam pans
    '17 125 3/16 - 18" x 72" drop flue on homemade arch
    '18 240 3/16 - Deer Run 125
    '19 450 3/16 - Converted RO to electric/added a membrane
    '20 600 3/16 - Maple Pro 2x6 Raised Flue, added AOF/AUF
    '21 570 3/16 - Built steam hood, Smoky Lake filter press
    '22 800 3/16 - Upgraded RO to 4 4x40
    '23 500 3/16 - Re-plumbed RO, new "Guzzler"
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    We do not heat much past what it takes to get it flowing, ours is strained only, and has all the good stuff in it . That being said I only have 10 gallons of honey left as I got wiped out by Yogi lastt fall. Tried to catch a swarm as we get a few a year but not this year. so I was most likely catching my own swarms. I really don't miss the work.
    44 27'08/71 27'56
    300 totalish taps 250 on tube and bosworth sap sucker
    50 bucket and bags about 40-50 gallons a season
    on a 2 by 7 home made evaporator and sugar shack
    1st gen circa 1966 still learning stuff

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