[Syrupmakers] Questions on cooking sorghum juice

[Lynwood Wagner]

Brass is going to conduct a lot better than iron or stainless of similar geometry & thickness so you will want to be very careful approaching the end point.  We get rid of water in copper and finish in stainless for control reason.  With maple syrup going to just 66 Brix, we use all copper since frothing over the pans is not an issue.
L. WagnerJohnson City, TN

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:31:49 -0500
From: tenacity at fidnet.com
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Questions on cooking sorghum juice

Thanks Doug---I wasn't worried about cooking in copper, but this particular kettle is brass and I have no experience cooking in it, hence the question. I assume there WERE things cooked in it, as it is an old kettle, just not sure what was, and what wasn't.....
Gail
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Douglas Gifford <historynutt at hotmail.com> wrote:





I have cooked in copper successfully. There is just less surface area in a kettle as opposed to a pan so it takes longer.



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From: "Gail Cross" <tenacity at fidnet.com>

To: "syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net" <syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>

Subject: [Syrupmakers] Questions on cooking sorghum juice

Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 7:42 PM










This year we did a second harvest of a smaller patch, and got about 22 gallons of juice. Rather than using our 50-gallon stainless pan, I am wondering about cooking in my brass 30-gallon kettle. Is there any problem cooking sorghum juice down to syrup
 in brass?
Secondly, has anyone ever frozen the sorghum juice and cooked it at a later date? Does this work out well?
Any feedback greatly appreciated! I'm posting these same questions on the Facebook page in case some of you check there too.






Gail in MO








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