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Cider Vinegar.
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Shan



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 17 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Try getting excess mothers out of the Demijohn!

gz



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 17 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What happens to the alcohol in vinegar making?

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 17 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It turns into acetic acid and water.

C2H5OH (l) + O2 (g) → CH3COOH (aq) + H2O (l)

Nick



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 17 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gz wrote:
What happens to the alcohol in vinegar making?


They put labels on it.



dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 17 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 17 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well that worked really well
We used 4pts of local dry cider, and the original mother. Put it in a honey bucket with a muslin cover over it, and left it .
Today we have perfect cider vinegar with a smooth flavour, none of the catch the back of the throat stuff.
I have kept the mother in the bucket and just left it covered with the vinegar.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 17 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My apple juice has a skin of mould, no vinegar smell yet

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 17 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello....

Where've I gone wrong?

sean
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 17 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Dunno really. I think it's got to ferment first so that the acetobacter can do it's thing. Had the apple juice been pasteurized or sulfited?

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 17 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Pasteurised, would that make a difference?

sean
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 17 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yep. That's what's done it I reckon. If you used fresh-pressed it would work. If it's been pasteurized it'll probably need yeast adding back in to get it moving. You could start a new lot and bung in a bit of bread yeast.

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 17 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Doh! Should have realised, even when you mentioned pasteurisation I didn't twig!

gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 17 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

On to our second batch of vinegar, Mother is growing well.
Paid �3.90 for 4pts of local cider(took my own container). Organic cider vinegar is nearly �5 for 500ml in our local health food shop, so making our own way cheaper.

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 17 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Worked fine, v easy, all I had to do was strain out a couple of fruit flies.

Thanks

gz



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 17 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My Mother is growing well..it was a bit of a surprise when it first grew! I wasn't expecting that.

I've just started my third batch. How long do you think it will take this time of year?
I've sat it on the SE facing kitchen windowsill in the hope of getting a little more heat.

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