Spirit vinegar

Spirit vinegar is characterised by the presence of small amounts of alcohol and aldehydes, by the very small proportions of extract and ash— the latter being usually neutral and free from phosphates—and by the high ratio of acidity to extract. 

Mallory, G. E., and Love, R. F. 1945. Determination of caramel in wine, distilled spirits, vinegar, and vanilla extract. Ind. Eng. Chem., Anal. Ed. 17, 631-637. 

Absolute alcohol Industrial spirit Potable spirit Acetone Butanol Fusel oils (amyl alcohol) Spirit vinegar (10%)... 

For many years it had been believed that fire would break down materials into their elements, but Boyle pointed out that the number of products obtained varied with the method by which the fire was applied. Thus, when wood was heated in a retort, it yielded oil, spirit, vinegar, water and charcoal, but when heated in the open, it gave only ashes and soot. 

Spirit vinegar Komagataeibacter intermedius Andres-Barrao and Barja (2008) and Andres-Barrao et al. (2011)... 

Fig. 9.3 Lipopolysaccharide-stained SDS-PAGE gels. Acetobacter pasteurianus LMG 1262 grown in liquid RAE Oa/le (basal RAE medium with 1 % ethanol added and no acetic acid) line 1) and liquid RAE la/Oe (basal RAE medium with 1 % acetic acid added and no ethanol) line 2), Acetobacter pasteurianus 3P3 grown in liquid RAE Oa/le line 3) and liquid RAE la/Oe line 4), Komagataeibacter europaeus 5P3 adapted to liquid RAE Oa/le line 5) and liquid RAE la/Oe line 6), Komagataeibacter hansenii LMG 1527 grown in liquid RAE Oa/le (line 7) and liquid RAE 1 a/Oe line 8), and spirit vinegar bacteria harvested during acetic fermentation at 14 % acetic acid line 9). sLPS and rLPS are the smooth and rough forms of the lipopolysacchaiide molecule, respectively...

A. Gregorova, H. Cizkova, J. Mazac and M. Voldrich, Authenticity Assessment of Spirit Vinegar. Part I. Production and Analysis Methods, Kvasny Prum., 2012, 58, 309. 

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