Has anyone made their own vinegar before?

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I don't particularly like wine, but I've got this big grape arbor in my backyard and I'd like to make some vinegar (obviously after making the wine). I'm having trouble finding any kind of vinegar starter (despite the plethora of homebrew shops here), but have easy access to raw apple cider vinegar. Would that be an effective starter for vinegar? Has anyone made vinegar before? Has anyone made vinegar without using a starter? I'm just afraid something gnarly will get in there and ruin it. My sourdough starters usually get ruined by something bad...

οικος · Accepted Answer

Yes, my wife made some vinegar. Unfortunately, she was trying to make wine at the time. 

You don't have to make wine first, although the easy thing would be for you to make wine and then trade it with a friend for vinegar. All you need is "mother of vinegar". A lot of the online winemaking supply shops carry it or you could just google it to find a source. The commercial vinegar won't work; It's filtered and should not contain the proper bacteria.

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I used to make my own vinegar. Look at link below, it is easy:
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/the-virtue-of-homemade-vinegar

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Has anyone made their own vinegar before?

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