At 06:04 PM 2/20/97 +0500, you wrote:
>To all those on the list,
>       Has anybody heard of, or have the recipe for honey vinegar.  I have
>the one for wine and cider but a honey vinegar would be great, flavored
>with herbs being less overpowering.
>        Thank you, George
>
>George & Lorraine Willy
>The Village Inn of East Burke
>Box 186
>East Burke, Vermont
>05832
>
I think you might have a good idea -- I think I will try it sometime in the
future--- I have made a very good tasting white wine vinegar by cutting the
wine with water to approximately 8% alcohol and using a good white vinegar
culture available at wine making shops..  Remember that sugar or honey will
not go directly to vinegar as the reaction tacks place on the alcohol not
the sugar ---so you will have to make mead first with approximately 10-12
pounds of honey in 5 gallons of water with a good double packet of champagne
white wine yeast and yeast nutrient about 4 tablespoons in the batch that
will yield about a 11-12% alcohol. You must use an air lock on the mead But
the vinegar must be aerated even to the point of using an aquarium pump from
time to time..  and it will take up to 6 months to be complete
 
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