Originally Posted by
NoblesvilleIN
Thank you all. I will change my filtering for next year. The bottles are in my basement and I'll check them in a month or so to see if they have settled out and are clear.
I fill my bottles with water and boil them in a large stock pot filled with water. After they reach a boil, I turn off the burner and let them sit until I need a bottle. I have no idea what temperature they are when I pull them out. Pretty hot though. I'm guessing this is not the issue because I've followed this procedure with no prior issues for 4 years.
Based on your feedback, I'm guessing that I used my filters one batch too far (is this a new movie title?)
Thank you all for the help.
Well, if your bottles are over 190 degrees...and water boils at 212 or thereabout depending on the day....and you are putting in hot syrup, then you are basically making nitre, which forms at 190+. The cloudiness sounds like freshly made nitre floating around. Let it settle out, carefully pour it off, and filter what syrup is left.
FWIW to avoid breakage I heat syrup to 185 and pour into jars heated to 190 for 10 min in the oven to sterilize the jars...and often pull out the jars and let them sit and cool for a minute before decanting. I have very few nitre issues!
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup