Question by samak: How to make vinegar from honey?
How do you make vinegar from honey? I have a lot of honey and want to make vinegar from it. How long will it take to make the vinegar from honey? Are there any special materials I would need? If so, where can I get the materials I need for it?
Best answer:
Answer by Dave C
to make vinegar you need alcohol… vinegar is the results from the fermentation of alcohol.
so you need to ferment the honey into “mead” a honey based alcohol drink…
After you have alcohol, you need the vinegar bacteria. I’ve used raw, unfiletered apple cider vinegar to make vinegar..
1. Search the internet for instructions to make mead or some type of alcohol based beverage…. Check your local brewery supply store for yeast.
2. Once you have alcohol*, you need a “mother of vinegar”… use raw, unfiltered apple cider or your brewery supply store may have that too.
*Note: You need to dilute the alcohol content to about 10 to 15% alcohol content by volume.
I suggest making the vinegar in a wide glass mixing bowl since glass won’t react to the vinegar.
Cover with a paper towel or cheese cloth to keep out the fruit flies and dust.
Store in a warm dark place… and allow the process to take place.
Special tool you may need…
1. A way to measure alcohol content, a brewery supply store will have that info.
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