Product Overview
Description
Maple syrup hydrometer
Feature:
Syrup Hydrometer for testing your maple syrup while cooking. It will tell you when you have a finished product. It has a hot test line and a cold test line.
Specification:
Item No.: TW5100 Maple Syrup Hydrometer
Materials: glass
Measuring range: Baume: 25 - 40
Brix 45 - 75
HOT TEST
1. Fill a warm testing cup at least 8" deep with hot, boiling maple syrup.
CAUTION: Wear rubber gloves to protect hands.
2. Slowly lower the clean hydrometer bulb-side-down all the way into the testing cup.
IMPORTANT: Never drop the hydrometer into the testing cup. It could crash into the bottom of the cup and break.
3. Allow the hydrometer to float freely. Observe the HOT TEST line on its scale.
NOTE: The HOT TEST line is best for syrup that is 211ºF. If your syrup is not 211ºF,
use the compensation chart at the bottom of this page.
• If the syrup is 211ºF and the HOT TEST line is level to the surface of the syrup, it is perfect density and you are done boiling.
• If the syrup is 211ºF and the HOT TEST line is below the surface, continue boiling.
• If the syrup is 211ºF and the HOT TEST line is above the surface of the syrup, you have boiled it too far. Slowly add hot sap or distilled water to thin it out and then repeat steps 1–3.
COLD TEST
This test is just like the hot test, except you need maple syrup that is 60ºF (approximate room temperature) and you will measure using the COLD TEST line.