Kim Adams
Kim Adams, Gang of Pour co-founder, makes wine vinegar in her spare time. You might find her roasting shoat in the back forty or salting slugs in the front.
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KIM’S ARCHIVE FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE:
How To Make Vinegar From Leftover Wine
All Pig Dinner at Five Lakes Grill
Morgan and York – Your Friendly Neighborhood Food & Wine Hardware Store
Hi Paul – the only time that’s happened is when I had experimental small batch jars that I forgot about and let evaporate down to nothing, more or less. There was considerable mold. But thank goodness that has never happened to my main crocks. What a bummer for you!! I’d toss all and start over. Good luck with your new project and stay in touch!!
hope your holidays were fine. just got back from fla and all my
vinegar batch is destroyed. a wicked combination mold is floating
on top of all six of the containers i was using. and the remaining vinegar is wine-colored, non-cloudy, with a very slight fruit taste/odor. has this ever happened to you?
guess i got to dump and start over.
wish you only the best for the new year paul
Hi Doris, perhaps you stirred up the sediment in the bottom when you bottled it. Try to take liquid from the top of the container only and don’t scoop your ladle too far into the jar – or don’t turn it in its side to pour out. If it is cloudy when you take out some of the liquid, just cover it and leave on the counter top for a few weeks. it should settled back to a clearer state in that time.
Kim
Tried making wine vinegar, but it was cloudy. Where did I go wrong. Did I let it sit for too long? Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
Hi there,
greetings from Budapest Hungary.
I am interested in some Mother… I have been listening to people here tell me for the last twenty years how much better the homemade vinegar their grandparents made was than the store bought stuff…
My wife’s family makes about 1000 litres of wine a year, we have all the raspberries, peaches, apricots, blackberries, strawberries we could ever want there as well…
I figure it is time to start making vinegar!
Thanks
Rob
Hi Kim,
Yes, I am interested although I want to keep a white wine/vinegar culture going as that is what I use regularly. Would your Mother object to switching to white?
Let me know how to proceed.
Thanks!
Sylvia
Hi Sylvia, I do sell my mother for $20 including shipping. It’s red wine mother from my main crock that’s over 20 years old. Let me know if you are interested.
Cheers,
Kim
Kim,
I am interested in some Mother, are you a source?
Sylvia
Paul, good luck with all of your projects – be they wine or vinegar!! Stay in touch. I like hearing about other vinegar projects.
Cheers,
Kim
thx for the quick response, i owe you a bottle of my wine
that i don’t make into vinegar (the good stuff)
thx also for grace and the corks
makes my sad life seem so more ok when i hear of the horror of
others
wish you and yours a happy year
Hi Paul – I have seen that happen many times with some of my crocks. At some point you will need to remove it or it’ll just keep growing and end up taking up all the room in the jar. Just take it out and use to start another or throw it away.
Cheers,
Kim
hey kim
hope everything is going alright
just have a couple questions about my vinegar/mother
this year, the vinegar is fine but the mother
is about 2 inches thick and never falls/dies/etc.
have you ever run into this?
so different than before
thx
Hi Ron – I know that Oak Barrel Plus http://www.oakbarrelsltd.com/vinegar-barrels.html#Vinegarculture sells mother and I do too. They also sell vinegar barrels that are wonderful.
Since you are local it would be less expensive to buy from me because there would be no shipping costs. I can sell you an 8 ounce jar of red mother from my main crock for $13.00. We can meet somewhere local where I can deliver it to you.
Cheers,
Kim
Kim,
I’m interested in trying my hand at some homemade vinegar, and stumbled upon your articles through a web search. Do you believe I should try to grow my own mother or start with a piece from someone else? If yes to the later, are there any reliable online forums that I could request this?
Thank you for your help,
Ron Smerigan
Hazel Park, MI
Hi Paul – thanks for the kind words. I miss the vinegar q and a too and was really stunned to learn that the commenting service discontinued. Lost a lot of good data there.
Hope your vinegar making remains a success.
Cheers,
Kim
love your site but sure miss your q and a on vinegar
prosciutto and cellar pictures are wonderful
keep on smiling
my next step is a keg for vinegar to get the mothers out
easier than out of the wine glass