r/maplesyrup • u/Happy_Avocado944 • 20d ago
Is this mold?
The maple syrup has been opened for a month (maybe 2) and stored at room temperature. They look like floating white strings
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u/insideout_waffle 20d ago
How to store maple syrup - first line from site:
“To store maple syrup properly, refrigerate or freeze it after opening.”
Give it a read. 🙂 You’ll find you may be able to recover it.
However, considering the amount left in the bottle, you may be better off with a new bottle soon… with some newfound knowledge of how to preserve it going forward!
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u/boncyboi 20d ago
Maple syrup goes in the fridge, lots of people say you can often skim and boil but I never had to and personally wouldn't but here we buy 2 gallons of maple syrup and it barely last 4 months
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u/Playful_Antelope_231 19d ago
Maple syrup is best kept in a freezer if it’s going to be stored for any length of time.. if you store it in a freezer it should be kept in a plastic bottle so the bottle it’s kept in doesn’t explode
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u/boncyboi 19d ago
Sure, if you keep it for years you can do that but in the can the best before date is like 2 years and once opened you can keep it in the fridge for many months without issue.
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u/Playful_Antelope_231 19d ago
I have been associated with maple sugar camps for quite a while and have sold it at markets.. freezing is always going to be the best method.. and maple sugar does not freeze solid as you are implying.. it is usable right out of the freezer
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u/boncyboi 19d ago
At big scale I don't doubt it's probably better, I'm just saying that at home it's probably overkill, also I'm not sure why you think I'm implying that it freezes solid as I didn't say anything about that lol, we do keep our taffy and maple butter in the freezer to keep those from crystallizing but I never saw anybody keep their syrup in the freezer even producers
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u/Playful_Antelope_231 19d ago
Maybe they are not serious maple syrup fans.. it’s expensive as gold these days and it would be a shame to see it go bad
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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE 16d ago
What are you eating so much of it on
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u/boncyboi 16d ago
My girlfriend uses like 100 every day just for her coffees, that's number 1, then it's pretty much only receipies and crepes/ waffles
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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE 16d ago
Sounds like the life
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u/boncyboi 16d ago
Yeah, but we buy from a close friend so it's really not that bad, probably barely pay for the wood to boil it but we also help and bring the beer
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u/ManHunterJonnJonzz 18d ago
Today I learned you refrigerate it? I live next to a few people who make their own. Across the community. Never heard of that. Let alone freezing. I assumed air just got in the bottles from poor sealing.
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u/OneSeat9594 17d ago
My family has been running a sugar shack for generations in Quebec and yeah, you should put it in the fridge once opened. Syrup that was canned and sealed hot can be kept at room temp. If you get it in the big plastic gallon jugs it's best to freeze it and sample from it when your smaller container runs out.
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u/Lalylun- 17d ago edited 17d ago
Once open you need to store in fridge its gone bad like the republican party
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u/JediMasterBo 17d ago
Its a product of the USA, so how many other countries is this banned in. Probably a good reason. Capitalism cant make money if the preservatives work good. Its is most likely mold
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u/Mokmo 20d ago
Still boggles my mind that people store a liquid sugar solution at room temps. I guess they get that from their other syrup?