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Title: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: caribougrrl on April 04, 2014, 02:18:28 PM
I have a 2 gallon beverage dispenser (glass) that I bought really cheap with plans to use it for vinegar making... as long as I keep it in a dark place or cover it with something opaque, this should work, right?
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: witchypoo on April 05, 2014, 05:22:57 PM
yes
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: RioG on April 05, 2014, 05:36:53 PM
it will work fine.
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: caribougrrl on April 22, 2014, 09:02:52 AM
I finally exhausted myself trying to find somewhere to buy a vinegar mother in Canada.

Instead I have 2 jars in a dark cupboard, one for malt vinegar (beer + raw cider vinegar) and one for red wine vinegar (red wine + raw cider vinegar + a bit of water), trying to grow some mothers.  :fingers:

Now I'm wondering why I'm bothering to grow mothers?  Could I have just used raw vinegar to start a batch in my crock?  Or is there some magic to the mother which makes it better than raw vinegar for making large batches?
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: Ice Cream on April 23, 2014, 07:51:35 AM
What's the point in making vinegar?  I don't use it very often.
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: caribougrrl on April 23, 2014, 08:04:58 AM
What's the point in making vinegar?  I don't use it very often.

when I told my dad about my vinegar making plans he said "Do you know how cheap vinegar is?"

A few years ago I was carpooling with a 2nd generation italian immigrant.  We spent a lot of time talking about food.  He brought me a bottle of his dad's home made red wine vinegar one day... that was, hands down, the best vinegar I'd ever had.  Extraordinary.  I want to be able to make vinegar that makes people stop dead in their tracks and wonder why they never knew how incredibly good vinegar is.

We do actually use a lot of vinegar in our house.  Sauces, marinades, salad dressing, seasoning, shrubs... I will still buy distilled white vinegar for cleaning & laundry though.
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: Natasha on April 23, 2014, 11:31:29 AM
when I told my dad about my vinegar making plans he said "Do you know how cheap vinegar is?"

A few years ago I was carpooling with a 2nd generation italian immigrant.  We spent a lot of time talking about food.  He brought me a bottle of his dad's home made red wine vinegar one day... that was, hands down, the best vinegar I'd ever had.  Extraordinary.  I want to be able to make vinegar that makes people stop dead in their tracks and wonder why they never knew how incredibly good vinegar is.

We do actually use a lot of vinegar in our house.  Sauces, marinades, salad dressing, seasoning, shrubs... I will still buy distilled white vinegar for cleaning & laundry though.

 :skep: like broccoli?
(http://anemischi3.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cute-broccoli-thumb8001839.jpg?w=900)
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: Ice Cream on April 23, 2014, 11:37:50 AM
when I told my dad about my vinegar making plans he said "Do you know how cheap vinegar is?"

A few years ago I was carpooling with a 2nd generation italian immigrant.  We spent a lot of time talking about food.  He brought me a bottle of his dad's home made red wine vinegar one day... that was, hands down, the best vinegar I'd ever had.  Extraordinary.  I want to be able to make vinegar that makes people stop dead in their tracks and wonder why they never knew how incredibly good vinegar is.

We do actually use a lot of vinegar in our house.  Sauces, marinades, salad dressing, seasoning, shrubs... I will still buy distilled white vinegar for cleaning & laundry though.

My parents had a great wine cellar.  Whenever a bottle had gone bad, we would simply use it as vinegar.  I would say the odds of a bad wine bottle in old wine were about 1/15.
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: caribougrrl on April 23, 2014, 11:44:51 AM
:skep: like broccoli?
(http://anemischi3.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cute-broccoli-thumb8001839.jpg?w=900)

also called drinking vinegar... it's essentially vinegar infused with fruit, then sweetened... you mix it with soda water to drink (very popular in cocktails these days too)
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: witchypoo on April 23, 2014, 01:02:50 PM
also called drinking vinegar... it's essentially vinegar infused with fruit, then sweetened... you mix it with soda water to drink (very popular in cocktails these days too)

and it's DELICIOUS.

i can't sell my husband on it, though.
Title: Re: red wine vinegar, revisited
Post by: Natasha on April 24, 2014, 08:58:05 PM
Ha! I'm glad I asked, because I assumed it was an autocorrect.