> I bought a vinegar mother from a wine making shop, followed the directions
> and tried to make vinegar out of my home brew wine....It never became
> vinegar and I don't know why.

The acetobacter needs oxygen to make vinegar. You don't say, but if
you didn't leave the wine open to the air (cheesecloth), the acetobacter
wouldn't be able to get any O2 and wouldn't work. (That's probably the
main reason most wine doesn't end up vinegar!).


> There's a wine making newsgroup I used to
> read, which is where I got the idea for trying it....rec.crafts.brewing? or
> ...something winemaking? can't remember what the group was called...anyway,
> check them out - there are brewing people there that could be of some help..

rec.crafts.brewing is about beer, rec.crafts.winemaking is for wine.

Derric