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> Greetings,
>
> My first post. I bought a good kit and the owners are helpful
> and I'm sure could answer this question. Thought I'd post it here
> to intro myself for the future.
>
> Howdy, I'm Andrew from Fairfax, VA. I'm making my 1st attempt
> to make some wine. No jury-rigged stuff. All store-bought. I'm only
> on day 3 of Primary Fermentation. Plastic Air-lock merrily bubbling
> away. Aroma of the CO2 was at first yeasty - like the homemade
> bread I already make. Now it's more "winey/vinegary" smelling.
> How do I know I'm not making vinegar instead ?
> I don't know how to make vinegar anyway. ( I hope !)
>
> TIA,
>
> Andrew
>

Along with everyone else, Welcome to our hobby. To make vinegar, you almost
have to try. Basic rules of clenliness will keep any infestations out and
then vinegar requires that air get to it. A lot of air. It does not work
under a working airlock. I have made hundreds of batchs of wine. I will
not say that they all turned out great but none ever went to vinegar unless
I was trying to make vinegar.

Relax. In 2 or 3 months you will be able to try your first batch and it
will be just fine.

Ray