[NAFEX] homemade apple cider vinegar
Thomas Olenio
tolenio at sentex.net
Wed Dec 5 20:30:31 EST 2007
Hello,
All you need is mother-of-vinegar to convert the alcohol in the hard cider
to acid.
Slowly pour off the clear liquid from the dregs and settlings (dead yeast
cells). Toss out the dregs on your compost pile.
Go to your local organic store and buy a bottle of organic vinegar that
still has mother-of-vinegar in it. Shake the bottle of organic vinegar and
add it to the hard cider. The mother of vinegar will become active and
convert the alcohol in the hard cider to acid. Stir it daily for a period
of time.
Most any organic store sells "mother";
http://www.herbalremedies.com/applecider.html
It is that simple.
You can filter it or use it as it is. I am not sure how many days it takes
for the acidification process to complete.
Later,
Tom
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Michele Stanton
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:39 PM
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] homemade apple cider vinegar
Hi all,
Do any of you make your own apple cider vinegar?
I am making some by default and could use the benefit of your experience.
I bought 1/2 gal of some locally made apple cider (non-alcoholic) a couple
of weeks before Thanksgiving. It had been minimally processed, and when I
remembered about it a week ago, the plastic jug was bulging, and lo and
behold, it was fermenting in the frig. Smelled yeasty, sort of like beer.
I let the gasses escape, put the lid loosely on, and put it back in the frig
until I could figure out how to make vinegar of it. This morning after I'd
downloaded vinegar-making instructions, I took it back out of the frig, and
it now smells much more like wine....the yeasty odor is gone.
I didn't measure sugar content at the beginning, have no wine-making
equipment handy, stored it in the frig, not at the recommended temperatures,
didn't add yeast, etc., etc.---can I still make vinegar of it? It was great
apple cider, I hate to just throw it out.
Is the process fairly forgiving of less-than-ideal conditions? Any
suggestions? I have canning equipment, etc., if needed.
Thanks,
Michele
SW Ohio
PS I'm not sure which apples were in the cider, the orchard from which it
came grows more than 20 cultivars.
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