10/12/08 Sorghum Festival, Blairsville, GA
Meeks Park hold the Sorghum Festival every year. At the festival they show how Sorghum Syrup is made. It takes about 8 gallons of juice to make 1 gallon of syrup
The correct label for sorghum syrup is "sorghum syrup" or "pure sorghum." Molasses, unsulphured molasses, cane molasses, and cane syrup are byproducts of sugarcane processing and sugar crystallization. "Sorghum molasses" is a blend of sorghum syrup and sugarcane molasses.
Read MoreThe correct label for sorghum syrup is "sorghum syrup" or "pure sorghum." Molasses, unsulphured molasses, cane molasses, and cane syrup are byproducts of sugarcane processing and sugar crystallization. "Sorghum molasses" is a blend of sorghum syrup and sugarcane molasses.
Stream through Meeks Park where the Sorghum Festival was held.
Stream through Meeks Park where the Sorghum Festival was held.
First the Sorghum is crushed.
First the Sorghum is crushed. You can see the liquid being extracted.
This is the liquid being extracted.
Then the liquid is cooked in these long vats.
Then the liquid is cooked in these long vats. It bubbles up and gets a froth on it that is scrapped off.
The the liquid is cooked in these long vats.
A close-up of the froth and liquid.
When it has been cooked the proper amount of time it is then put into these "tubs" where it is cooled, filtered and put into a jar.