Homemade raisin vinegar

dannie

gailey, I've read more carefully the links provided and think you might get some guidance from these regarding your queries.

One of my first looks into vinegar-making was via wikipedia which I found interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar

v8monkeyboy - Yes, thanks, I suppose there will usually be somebody with common interests! A nice surprise then if the thread has created interest and various vinegar-making ideas.

dannie

Did anybody try making vinegar?

An update on mine - After seeing fruit flies "whizzing about", it seems that they have started to breed in the vinegar-to-be (looks like larvae/maggots!). Should I abandon my batch of vinegar-making?

Thanks.

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sounds a grreat idea ,but I think I read somewhere that raisins are going to be a bit more expensive this year as there will be a shortage of them so I'm saving mine for Christmas stuff, mini cakes ect

Aril

I regularly read a blog called Unbought Delicacies. Mrs L on it writes about making white vinegar by fermenting 1 quart honey to 8 quarts warm water in a vinegar crock. Her blog isn't copyrighted so it's ok for me to repeat her method here:D
Aril

dannie

Thanks for the replies. I've just read that the fruit flies help the process but in this case from cider to vinegar. Whilst I am not keen on the fruit flies and their activities, I do not know whether they are necessary for my vinegar-making? Do I persevere?

Thanks.

BinkyTheHorse

I've made several different vinegars over the past few months - persevere, dannie, it's worth it! (and have a go at pineapple vinegar - it makes a fantastic salad dressing!). Just put a bit of doubled over muslin over the top of the container you are using, it will let airbourne yeasts in but keep the fruit flies out.

dannie

BinkyTheHorse - Thanks for your reply. I think my jars with lightly screwed lids was my mistakel so muslin sounds better. I am reluctant to persevere with my raisin vinegar recipe and instead use cheap superstore vinegar as the base in future. However, I am going to check online whether to discard this "vinegar" first. It seems unlikely that all the fruit flies and their offspring in and around the vinegar is okay; very offputting to eventually consume!