"Derric" > wrote in message
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>> I bought a vinegar mother from a wine making shop, followed the
>> directions
>> and tried to make vinegar out of my home brew wine....It never became
>> vinegar and I don't know why.
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> The acetobacter needs oxygen to make vinegar. You don't say, but if
> you didn't leave the wine open to the air (cheesecloth), the acetobacter
> wouldn't be able to get any O2 and wouldn't work. (That's probably the
> main reason most wine doesn't end up vinegar!).

yes, I did use cheese cloth...which is why I'm stumped......


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>> There's a wine making newsgroup I used to
>> read, which is where I got the idea for trying it....rec.crafts.brewing?
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>> ...something winemaking? can't remember what the group was
>> called...anyway,
>> check them out - there are brewing people there that could be of some
>> help..
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> rec.crafts.brewing is about beer, rec.crafts.winemaking is for wine.

right, thanks - couldn't remember - but I was close...;-)

Kathi


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