Is spirit vinegar lawful to consume?

Question:
Is spirit vinegar lawful to consume?
Answer:
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah,
In the Hanafi school, it is permitted to consume wine vinegar—whether
it transformed by itself or through intervention. [Shaykh al-Islam
al-Marghinani, al-Hidaya]
Imam Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (Allah have mercy on him) explains in
al-`Inaya, his commentary on al-Hidaya, that the texts that would seem
to indicate the prohibition of wine vinegar are understood to be
abrogated by later texts establishing permission. The wisdom behind
the temporary prohibition was to reinforce the dislike of wine in the
hearts of those morally responsible, as the hadith commentators
explain.
And Allah alone gives success.