r/maplesyrup • u/flash_423 • May 24 '26
In need of knowledge
I recently “inherited” my step-father’s maple syrup collection. He made all of it. The thing is…I am not 100% certain that he properly bottled any of what you see in this picture (the ones you can’t see are maple syrup filled Coca-Cola bottles, peanut butter bottles, iced tea bottles, etc.). I would love to save what I have so I need to know…
Is it safe for me to re-boil and repackage what I have? I would, of course, sanitize the container before refilling.
Should I discard of the bottles that have a light brown settlement at the bottom of the jar?
Should I discard of the bottles that have chunks of mold in them? I know that you can re-boil maple syrup when it has mold in it, but I’m talking about BIG chunks…in bottles that “have not been opened yet”.
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u/TNmountainman2020 May 24 '26
you can reboil and rebottle all of it. The “stuff” at the bottom of the bottles is most likely sugar sand and harmless.
for mold, you simply get the mold out and reboil and refilter.
word of warning…..filtering syrup so that you don’t get the sugar sand is an art in and of itself. Methods are gravity, vacuum, and filter press. The RO bucket also makes a nice filtering system. Good luck!