Fi l ter when made or when bottled?

[berkshires]

There were a number of interesting posts after this one, but a question about your post.

If I was to only filter once. Does it make a big difference if I filter off the evaporator, or after finishing, or while bottling?

Yes it does. If you're only going to filter once, it needs to be after the last time you create niter.

GO

[Swingpure]

Yes it does. If you're only going to filter once, it needs to be after the last time you create niter.

GO

So for me, that would be after I finished it. If I understand all that I have read on the forum correctly, when I reheat the syrup for bottling, I reheat it between 185 and 190. As long as I do not heat it past 190, I will not produce any new niter.

I order a kettle today, with a thermometer and ball valve and hose for the purpose of bottling. Hopefully the thermometer will keep me in the 185 to 190 range. I will heat it slowly and stir it occasionally. When I get into right temperature range, I will open the ball valve and fill my bottles, freshly out of the oven below, also heated to 190°.

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[Super Sapper]

You can heat the syrup up to 200 or more when you are final filtering. Over time you will find how high to heat it to end up with the 185 to 190 after filtering or at least close to it. It will also filter better with higher temperatures.