On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:16:27 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz
> wrote,
>On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:41:39 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Coconut vinegar is a mild vinegar slightly similar to rice vinegar.
>
>Yeah, I don't understand how it can be so much milder, yet still have
>5% acidity. Does that mean 5% acetic acid, or is that some other
>measurement? My coconut vinegar is the mildest of the bunch, even
>milder than my 4%'s but still says it's 5% on it.

Is it old? When you smell that vinegar smell,
that's acetic acid slowly evaporating.