Barrel-Aged Vinegar

My impressions are based on only two use-cases from the four-pack of samples. My first impression -- "sample" is inadequate to describe the quantity of vinegar included; it is generous.

At once, of course, I opened each bottle and smelled it. This, really, when it became clear that there was something nuanced about this vinegar. Mind you, I'm hardly an expert -- I had assumed that all vinegar is distilled. Whatever one calls the process used to make these vinegars, it appears to produce a vinegar that's full of character.

Last night I cooked a stifado -- a Greek beef dish which plays on an aggro-dolce palate, the sweet provided by red wine and red currants, the sour by feta added at the last minute and 4 tablespoons of red wine vinegar added as the pot was deglazed before the simmering phase. So a lot happened to the vinegar in the following two and a half hours. Still -- and this may be a hallucination, since I didn't have a control version of the dish made with standard ol' red wine vinegar -- the stifado came out particularly well in my view.

And that's the problem, for me; I can tell that the vinegar is good, and I want to say that it outperforms my other vinegars. It probably does, but I haven't made an empirical study to demonstrate that!

So I return to the sniff test. I really like the red wine and cider vinegars; the Chardonnay version will require some experiment, as will the rice wine one.

All in all, I'm very pleased to have these -- not just because of their obvious refinement but also because it's good to support small companies doing something interesting.

Honey vinegar is so good. I made coleslaw with it. Little different taste but so good.

Refreshing and bright, the best ingredient in any vinaigrette.

used on a salad, it gives the right amount of tang to the taste, with a sweet after taste. Love these vinegars, just bought a few weeks ago 6 bottles (each one a different flavor) and so far very happy.

When we received our first bottle of Red Wine Vinegar, we blind tasted against 3 other well-reputed brands. American Vinegar Works offering was in a class of its own and far superior to the others we tasted.

Love all of my purchases!!

I am an aspiring saucier. That is to say that I make 2 to 3 feeble attempts to improve the mundane dishes that we "go-to" every other week by trying to pair a sauce with them. Since I have tried AVW in making these sauces now, it makes a world of difference. No kidding....it is like coparing a frozen bulk steak out of the back of the freezer to a USDA Premium butcher select steak. If I put the same exact sauce next to one I make using AVW....no blindfold necessary. Every time.

Have only used it on salad so far but loved the flavor it added to the salad along with a virgin olive oil from Greece.

Usually when I make a small amount of vinaigrette I can't use only red wine vinegar because it's too sharp without any counterpoint of flavor. But with this red wine vinegar my vinaigrette didn't need anything to cut the sharpness because the product is so exceptionally good by itself!

Recently picked some up to try in my favorite dressing recipe. This vinegar is a cut above the rest.

I re-ordered Apple Cider Vinegar from American Cider Works (ACW) because I ran out. Yep, it’s that good! I can tell the difference between ACW & ‘store-bought’ and once I tried it - we were spoiled - or fermented. I don’t have the poetry to describe the differences but I jnow it when I taste it and ACW Vinegars are worth it. I have other ACW vinegars but that Apple Cider is special to me. That’s why I keep buying it.

This is going to be a gift, so I can’t comment on the vinegars. The entire package is first quality. Well packaged.

We’ve tried several of American Vinegar Works’ products and found them quite exceptional. No other malt vinegar is good enough when fish & chips are on the menu. Highly recommended!

Tried it on fish and chips, because, why not? Taste is excellent, more complex than the mass-produced stuff. I donI have three more flavors to try, but I strongly suspect they will also be a big improvement. Amazing what people come up with to create to enhance the cooking and eating experience.

love the flavor and smoothness of it. i use it for many things, salad dressings, roast vegetables . o woud recommend your products to anyone.