Honey vinegar

[beemandan]

Here is my latest product. It seemed appropriate to post it in this forum.

[hipbee]

great label.....how big of a bottle is that and what do you plan on selling them for........I have a 6 gallon batch of sourwood mead that is about 8% alcohol..... do you think I could add a little mother from some apple cider vinegar and turn it to vinegar?........

[beemandan]

great label.

Thanks. My ‘marketing manager’ (fiance) designed it.

....how big of a bottle is that and what do you plan on selling them for.

It’s 5 fl oz. The marketing manager and I are still haggling about the price. It’ll be somewhere between $4 and $6.

......I have a 6 gallon batch of sourwood mead that is about 8% alcohol..... do you think I could add a little mother from some apple cider vinegar and turn it to vinegar?........

If you’d rather have 6 gallons of vinegar.

[hipbee]

well I went kind of crazy with my mead making this year so I have 30 gallons of mead aging right now that I cant legally sell, and it will take me awhile to drink all of that I am thinking of turning some of that into something I can legally sell!(sure cant turn it back into the 80 lbs of honey I harvested)
P.S. I checked out your website and I am a big fan!
I just recently got CNG certified so if your ever in east TN I would love for you to come inspect my apiary(finding someone to come inspect seems to be the hardest part of the whole process!)

[beemandan]

I am thinking of turning some of that into something I can legally sell

Be careful if you plan to sell it or, I suppose, even if you plan to consume it yourself. It needs to be 5% acetic acid. If it’s below about 4.5% it may be illegal to sell (and may spoil). If it is much above 5.5% it can be unpalatable.

P.S. I checked out your website and I am a big fan!

Guess who designed that?

I just recently got CNG certified so if your ever in east TN I would love for you to come inspect my apiary(finding someone to come inspect seems to be the hardest part of the whole process!)

It surely was a chore. A local farmers’ market requires it….so I went ahead a ‘bit the bullet’.

[hipbee]

so I guess with an 8% alcohol mead I will have to dilute a little to get 5% acetic acid?
should I dilute befor or after I add the mother?
and how long do you age your honey vinegar?
from what little I have read so far it seems like it will take 6 to 8 weeks for the mother to convert all of the alcohol to acetic acid.
soory to hound you.... I guess I should go buy a book on vinegar making
thanks for the info
P.S. I go down to lula to visit don pretty often(looks like your pretty close), let me know if you are ever in need of a CNG inspection.