[Syrupmakers] gelled sugarcane juice?

[Glenn Johnson]

Got the cane cut and under a shed wraped up before the temp bottoms out tonite at low 20s. hope it will be ok and ready to grind and make syrup. 

     On Monday, November 17, 2014 9:54 AM, chris jude <vegbenz300 at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 Thanks,

I'm with Fair Game Beverage in Pittsboro, NC.  We do rum, sorghum cane spirit and apple brandy.  I've been making sorghum syrup for years, but this was my first try fermenting fresh sugarcane juice.  I did dose it with some Amylase, and heated up about 1/3 of it to 150 degrees, which helped get it fermenting and thinned it a little, but the whole juice was still a bit thick.  Didn't seem to hurt the final fermentation that much, though I bet I left some unconverted starches in there.

Thanks,
Chris

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Lynwood Wagner <onjwagner at hotmail.com> wrote:

You may have a starch problem and need some amylase.   Might try a little with vinegar.
L. Wagner

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:48:22 -0500
From: vegbenz300 at gmail.com
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: [Syrupmakers] gelled sugarcane juice?

I picked up a tote of sugarcane juice from a grower in South Carolina, for a rum fermentation.  The tote had been chilled immediately after pressing and I picked it up the next day.  Brought it back to my distillery for fermentation, and the next day found it had gotten thick, like mucous!  has anyone seen this happen with sugarcane juice? any solutions for thinning it again?


chris

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