Starter for Alcoholic Fermentation

Ingredients

• 1 jar
• boiling apple juice (enough to fill jar half full)
• 6 ripe apples (if no sweet juice is available)
• 4 tablespoons molasses or 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 quart boiling juice
• vinegar yeast (from a labeled bottle)

Directions

1. Wash and sterilize the jar in boiling water.

2. Fill the jar half full with boiling apple juice.

3. If using apples, slice 6 ripe apples and boil in 4 quarts of water until soft.

4. Add 4 tablespoons of molasses or 2 tablespoons of sugar to the boiled apples and strain 1 quart of the boiling juice into the jar.

5. Cover the jar with sterilized cloth to keep out germs.

6. When the liquid cools to 75°F, shake the vinegar yeast bottle and pour it into the jar.

7. Keep the jar at a temperature of 70°F to 80°F.

8. When foaming is very active, pour the contents into a barrel of sweet juice.

9. Cover the bunghole with a thin cloth to keep out dust while allowing air.