Here it is ... my homemade red wine vinegar is done aging/fermenting. I read a couple articles/books on vinegar making a few months ago and wanted to give it a try. The hardest part is finding the bacteria you need (a.k.a. mother of vinegar) to turn the red wine into vinegar. I read that you could buy Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar from the store, which comes unfiltered - mother of vinegar and all - and use it instead of ordering the mother from an online store. I had my doubts, but turns out it worked!
Here is the process in a nutshell. (1) Combine mother of vinegar and equal amounts of red wine and water in a large vessel of some sort, (2) bound said vessel with cheesecloth, (3) place the vessel in a warm spot to age, (4) age for approximately 3 to 4 months. To finish, strain the liquid through a cheesecloth or a coffee filter and bottle. To try, place on a spoon and ingest. Wait an hour. If you do not die, you have successfully made red wine vinegar! Congrats...
