To provide a method for producing a vinegar by which a residual bran rejected when wash-free rice is produced, etc., is used as a raw material.

This method for producing the vinegar comprises using the residual bran as the raw material. In the method, an alcohol-containing liquid prepared by adding an alcohol to a saccharified liquid obtained by using the residual bran as the raw material or an alcohol-containing liquid prepared by carrying out alcohol fermentation of the saccharified liquid is subjected to acetic acid fermentation. Furthermore, the saccharified liquid obtained by using the residual bran as the raw material or the alcohol-containing liquid prepared by carrying out the alcohol fermentation of the saccharified liquid is added to a vinegar after completing the acetic acid fermentation or after completing aging in production of the vinegar according to a conventional method.