Can you go from cold barrel to water jacketed bottler without filtering again?

[VTNewbie]

I'm hoping I could just bottle right from a barrel in the comfort of my partially finished basement. I would in theory heat very slowing with an electric element water jacketed bottler to 180-185 degrees. Would it need to be re-filtered if heated slowly? I don't need crystal clear for glass, but would like high quality for plastic containers.

thanks for any advice

[Ed R]

You won't get any niter formation reheating it that way, it just takes a long time to get the syrup to proper canning temp

[bill m]

Some people do it that way. For me, any syrup I package no matter what container it comes out of gets filtered before going into my canning unit.

[Ed R]

The only time I reheat in my wjb without filtering is when I am recanning out of glass and can see for sure the syrup is crystal clear( I store quite a bit in 1 gallon glass jugs). I otherwise reheat and filter everything.