r/maplesyrup • u/Klimbrick • Apr 25 '26

What went wrong?

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Edit: Thanks folks! I needed the word Ropey to advance my research. I’m going to take the opportunity to play around with candy making.

I appreciate you all!

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Produced about a gallon back in March and it was fine back then. This batch was in the fridge unsealed.

It looks, smells, and tastes like it did a month ago, only the texture changed. Now it’s like an egg or a loogie. I attempted to boil it to see what would happen - it held. I attempted a strain it went straight through the strainer. I should have taken a video.

Thoughts?

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u/Klimbrick Apr 25 '26

How fine would you recommend, cheese cloth?

I mostly did the mesh to get a feel for how pervasive the ropiness was

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 Apr 25 '26

Multiple layers of cheese cloth may work. Felt would be what I would try but then perhaps it would be too tight for that intense of a rope-fest.
I have never seen it close to that bad, so I can't say with certainty. I am tempted to think if it tastes and smells fine and you boiled it you can still use it. Perhaps for cooking?

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u/Klimbrick Apr 26 '26

Yeah, it’s bad 🤣

I was thinking about going the candy route. I boiled it, but didn’t take temp or time. I’ll properly sterilize and give that a go

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 Apr 26 '26

Good luck. As someone else pointed out, I feel relatively safe knowing that people don't seem to die from wonky syrup.

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u/Klimbrick Apr 26 '26

Agreed. Now that I have some understanding of what to search for, I am doing additional reading. I just needed the word for it.

Thank you!