Does anyone make vinegar?

[Dmntd]

I put about 3 quart of Stout Braggot in a gallon jug on August 27 then added a cup of mead vinegar and three mothers from the 2 gallon crock. Tasted it this morning, has a very nice malt flavor and after taste, even though it's not completely converted yet.

Anthony

The Persians are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine . . . Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking. --Herodotus

 

[Miriam]

That sounds so nice, Anthony...braggot vinegar! I love malt vinegar - and creative cooking.

Miriam

 

[Brewbear]

I like to use the old fashined ice tea jars, they have a small spigot that allows you to pour some of the vinegar without disturbing the sedimens.

Ted

 

[Dmntd]

<----- Tapping his foot

This braggot is sure taking it's time about turning to vinegar.

Anthony

 

[Dmntd]

Okay, having tired of waiting for this braggot to turn, I picked up a 1 1/2 gallon glass cookie jar. cleaned it, poured the braggot and mother from the gallon jug into it and tied a towel over the top.

Two days later, today, a new mother has formed and it's starting to stink like it should.

Anthony

And so, it seemed that fortune had smiled on Brad and Janet and that they had found the assistance that their plight required... Or had they?

 

[Dmntd]

So the braggot vinegar has finished. It's black in color and perfectly clear.

Has anyone made beer/mead/wine only to make vinegar?

I'm thinking about a red pear vinegar.

8 lb ripe red pears
1 lb clover honey
8 oz dark Belgian rock candy
D47 yeast
water to 1 gallon

This should ferment to between 11% and 12%, rack after fermentation then add a gallon of water and a mother for 2 gallons of 5-6% pear vinegar.

Anthony

 

[Brewbear]

Hey Anthony,
Making beer/wine/mead just to make it into vinegar.....That's just wrong,man, you're bringing tears to my eyes :'( :'(

Ted

 

[lostnbronx]

Ah, but then he can make switchel with vinager made from mead, and then spike it with more mead before drinking! Fore and aft mead action! Wowzers!

-David

 

[Brewbear]

Hey Lost,
Now I'm lost :-[
I have never heard of such a drink! Can you enlighten me?

Ted

 

[Dmntd]

Hey Ted,

Switchel is a beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.

Anthony

 

[lostnbronx]

Bbear,

Switchel is an old-time soft drink that is wonderfully refreshing -- especially in hot weather, or after a lot of hard work. The recipes for it vary as widely as mead ones do, but the basic idea is to make a drink of spices and sugar water, and add just enough vinegar to it to make it tart. This creates a spicy-sweet-sour drink that goes down very easily. The trick is to only use enough vinegar to get the tartness, but not enough for it to taste like vinegar.

Here's one I googled up a few years ago, and that I like:

Title: HAYMAKER'S SWITCHEL
Categories: Beverages
Yield: 6 servings

1 c Brown sugar
1/2 ts Ginger
1/2 c Molasses
3/4 c Vinegar
2 qt Water

In haying season, farmers used to take their "nooning" (midday dinner) with
them, including a jug of Switchel to wash the meal down. Although Switchel
was usually straight, farmers have been known to spike it with hard cider,
or
even brandy which Down easters usd to say, "got the hay in the barn in half
the time." Mix together, add ice and chill.


-David

 

[Dmntd]

Very cool David,

I'd heard of it, and had a general idea of what it was, but had never searched out a recipe for it.

Thank's & Happy mazing,

Anthony

 

[briankettering]

Has anyone made beer/mead/wine only to make vinegar?

Yes, I generally make unhopped worts especially for making malt vinegar.

Most of my leftover meads and wines go into my blended meads.

I did try to make vinegar from a black mulberry melomel a number of years ago. It was not successful.

Brian K