Eight Acres

Until recently, we used  balsamic vinegar all the time in cooking and salad dressings, but when I wanted to buy more, I read the labels, and couldn't find a brand that didn't contain added colours and preservatives, so we've been using organic raw apple cider vinegar instead. I missed the taste of balsamic vinegar, so I started to look into how to make vinegar.   Vinegar is just another fermented product.  The acidity of vinegar is acetic acid, which is produced from the fermentation of ethanol, which is the alcohol that we like to drink.  That means that any alcoholic drink can be fermented into vinegar (including beer).  Unfortunately balsamic vinegar is made from concentrated grape juice, which just seemed a bit beyond my capabilities at the moment, but I thought that red wine vinegar was at least close, and easier to make.   the finished vinegar I vaguely followed the instructions on this blog , except that we don't usually drink much wine, so ...