Post #757051 by Loki-Tiki on Sun, Jan 10, 2016 9:31 AM

On 2016-01-09 17:12, swizzle wrote:
I've always refrigerated my sugar syrup regardless of how i make them and have never had any issues with spoilage and have never used PGA either. Having said that, i do only make about a cups worth at a time and it lasts for weeks in the fridge before i make a new batch, and although i may have used the cold process only a few times in the past, that is the only way i make it now.

That is my experience as well. I only make rock candy (24 oz volume sugar : 12 oz water) syrup, cold process, which yields about 28 oz and refrigerate. I've never had a spoilage problem, with this or any syrup I've made. Ironically, lately I've switched back to Velvet after making homemade for years.