Does maple syrup expire? and if it does what it turn after?

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I’m sorry if this is uttlerly ignorant also english isn’t my native lenguage.

A little background when I was 6 o 7 y/o my grand ma made pancakes and used a very special (to her) maple syrup. We didn’t live in Canada or the US and at the time in my country you couldn’t find it in a the store. So she keep it for a long long time.

I ate my pancakes and it was delicious. Then I went to my house to wait to my mom to come home. But I fell asleep. Like on a very deep sleep.
To the point I didn’t hear my mom knocking the door, yelling my trought the window and ultimally I didn’t hear my uncle tearing down the front door. My mom tried to wake me up I didn’t woke up until I was in an ambulance on my way to the hospital.

My mom checked the bottle and it was expired since ’76 and this happened in the 90’s .

I never found and an answer on why it has that reaction on my. I didn’t feel ill in anyway I was just soo sleepy. In fact I spend the night in the hospital with IV and had the best night of sleep of my life

So, what does mapple syrup turn after so many years expired?

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I don’t know what could have caused your reaction exactly, but I assume you had a severe bacterial infection.
Syrup has high sugar content, and over time any kind of bacteria could have spread through it completely with enough time. Especially with an aging bottle and cap.

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