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I have been religiously stirring the vinegar-in-the-making each day, and there is still some time to go before it is shelf-stable vinegar.

I tested the PH this morning, and it is 3 on a litmus paper test - quite early for it to be that low but the weather has been quite warm. i will give it a taste next time I stir.

It has a slight film over the top, so I am watching carefully for kham*. It is not developing in the way kham does, nor does it stir into the ferment like kham does. And, being a PH of 3 should mean that yeast won't develop (?). I am hoping instead that it is a vinegar mother forming. So will keep watching.

(Any ideas? Pls let me know.)

At least 3 more weeks of daily stirring, perhaps longer

* Kham is a harmless yeast, but it does impact flavour.

#GrapeSaga #GrapesOfWrath #VinegarSaga

I also managed to strain the vinegar today - it looks good without all the must in it. It tastes like sweet vinegar, quite nice. And has lost all the alcoholic aromas. 1.5L which is what I predicted.

Fingers crossed that all goes well. Another 1-2 weeks of stirring each day.

Plus.... You know I sometimes lose things, right? (eg dehydrator trays). When I started the vinegar ferment I cut up an old but still wearable tshirt top to cover the jar, as this ferment needs to have access to oxygen. I cut out 2 pieces. Last time I changed them over I washed the first and put it away carefully in a spot I'd remember.

Famous last words.... I can't find it for love or money.