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For over 75 years the family firm of Ellsey and Co have practiced the art of vinegar brewing. Today retail, catering and manufacturing customers alike enjoy the benefits of our experience.

We offer the personal service of yesteryear at the competitive prices todays market demands. So if you need bespoke vinegars contact Ellsey's

Vinegar was discovered - maybe by chance - more than 10,000 years ago. Around 5,000 BC, the Babylonians used it as a preservative and as a condiment, and it was they who began flavouring it with herbs and spices. Roman legionnaires used it as a beverage. Hippocrates extolled its medicinal qualities and, indeed, it was probably one of our earliest remedies. The Greeks also reportedly made pickled vegetables or meats using vinegar. Biblical references show how it was much used for its soothing and healing properties. By 2000 BC, vinegar production was largely a commercial industry.

Through the centuries vinegar has been produced from many materials, including grapes, apples, dates,berries, coconut, honey and malt. But the principle remains unchanged - fermentation of natural sugars to alcohol and then secondary fermentation to vinegar.