Comments on: Vinegar Barrel http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2008/10/07/vinegar-barrel/ The trials and tribulations of one Kentucky gardener... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: kerry http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2008/10/07/vinegar-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-97764 kerry Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:47:45 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=360#comment-97764 I guess that depends on how much vinegar you want. I chose a smaller size and have yet to fill it completely. I believe mine is a 1.5 gallon. I purchased it from this company. http://www.artisanbarrels.com/mainpage.html?products/al-vinegar I am VERY happy with it. I guess that depends on how much vinegar you want. I chose a smaller size and have yet to fill it completely. I believe mine is a 1.5 gallon. I purchased it from this company. http://www.artisanbarrels.com/mainpage.html?products/al-vinegar I am VERY happy with it.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2008/10/07/vinegar-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-97759 Nathan Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:14:16 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=360#comment-97759 What size barrel do you recommend? What size barrel do you recommend?

]]> By: kerry http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2008/10/07/vinegar-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-97617 kerry Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:12 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=360#comment-97617 Lisa, I LOVE LOVE LOVE my vinegar barrel. Like you, I hesitated because of the price. I finally decided to splurge with the thought that this would be something that might outlive me. I love the flavor that the barrel imparts, love the look of it and love that it can sit on the counter doing it's thing and the goodies inside are protected from the light. No my kitchen doesn't smell like vinegar at all. Another bonus, I finally have a thick mother on top, something I never did get using glass jars. The spigot is nice too. I don't have to disturb the mother to harvest some vinegar. I do have to be careful when I add wine though. If you just pour it over the mother it will fall to the bottom and eventually plug your spigot. I use the tube part of a turkey baster and a funnel. I position the tube to the edge of the mother and slowly pour the wine in. Several months ago I harvested most of the barrel. I ended up draining about 3/4 of what was in the barrel and adding a couple of bottles of wine. Rather than fool with trying to get so much wine down a small tube, I went ahead and removed the mother and discarded it (nobody wanted it). I already have a new one forming in it's place. Lisa,
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my vinegar barrel. Like you, I hesitated because of the price. I finally decided to splurge with the thought that this would be something that might outlive me. I love the flavor that the barrel imparts, love the look of it and love that it can sit on the counter doing it’s thing and the goodies inside are protected from the light. No my kitchen doesn’t smell like vinegar at all. Another bonus, I finally have a thick mother on top, something I never did get using glass jars. The spigot is nice too. I don’t have to disturb the mother to harvest some vinegar. I do have to be careful when I add wine though. If you just pour it over the mother it will fall to the bottom and eventually plug your spigot. I use the tube part of a turkey baster and a funnel. I position the tube to the edge of the mother and slowly pour the wine in.

Several months ago I harvested most of the barrel. I ended up draining about 3/4 of what was in the barrel and adding a couple of bottles of wine. Rather than fool with trying to get so much wine down a small tube, I went ahead and removed the mother and discarded it (nobody wanted it). I already have a new one forming in it’s place.

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