Red Wine Vinegar Mother

Home Made Red Wine Vinegar Mother | Mother Of Vinegar | Probiotic Make Your Own Vinegar Now you can easily make an endless supply of your own, natural, live red wine vinegar for cooking, healthy living and more! What is included: 1 piece (about 4” in diameter) of concentrated red wine vinegar mother (the solid part of a vinegar culture which includes colonies of the bacterium Acetobacter Aceti floating on cellulose raft). 1/4 cup of natural, live, unfiltered, unpasteurized red wine vinegar liquid culture to give the Mother some room to grow. Instructions: How it works: Acetobacter turns ethanol (the alcohol in wine) into acetic acid (the acid in vinegar), and produces cellulose along the way, which, after a time, can become big enough to make a solid disc that floats on the surface of the vinegar culture. Liquid part of the Mother is also contains billions of near-invisible colonies of Acetobacter suspended in the live, liquid culture. You will need: Red wine (preferably with as low sulphites as possible); A glass or pottery wide-mouthed vessel with a loose-fitting lid; Clean cheesecloth or paper coffee filter; A few weeks to let the Mother grow. A NOTE ON SHIPPING: The Vinegar Mother is hardy, but should be treated like the living being she is. So we package her very carefully in double-layer food-grade sealed bags. We use the USPS PRIORITY shipping to ensure as safe route as possible.