Mother, Mother

It looks like my stout vinegar project is a success.  Over the past several weeks I have left my vinegar barrels alone and today I had the opportunity to check on the vinegars growth.  I began by tweaking our tequila vinegar with a tequila-water-agave syrup supplement.  Our port and maple vinegars are happily aging in their respective barrels.  I emptied a few unfinished bottles of wine into our every wine vinegar and then put some cider vinegar in the smoker for another project.  I almost forgot about the gallons of stout vinegar I had started several weeks ago until I knocked the glass barrel which holds our small batch of stout vinegar.  Something moved in the barrel.  I pulled the vinegar out into the kitchen and removed the cheese cloth cover.  There was something thick floating on the top of the stout.  Look what I found.  mother.  The stout had been converted into vinegar.  I then ran back to check the five gallon buckets I had also set up to make stout vinegar.  Three containers, three mothers, plenty of rich decadent stout vinegar.  Now I need to find the right bottle to put all this vinegar into.  And there is also all the opportunities to use this vinegar.  I may start by making a stout-ketchup sauce.  We shall see.