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This was my failure
It wa summer time room temp was 30C, I was experiment with a small amount inside a Robertson jam jar.
! |3 ?& n+ _1 H/ N; A4 {1. wash everything with broiling water, soak glutine rice overnight , using a bowl, cook inside microwave cooker ,( my rice cooker not easy to clean to oil-free stage), rice was properly cooked ( similar to sticky rice in dimsum restaurant ), left at table to cool down to same temp as back of hand, stir occaionly, sprinkle and mix 1 flat teaspoon of wine yearst ( white color, look like the fruit of lychi ), pour content into a jam jar , half full, put a piece of ceram wrap over jam, screw cap , put jar inside cupboard.4 J0 [: E, {. L+ {
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
7 ]3 q' `$ x7 J" ` Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.: s+ u* l8 @, h: J$ `
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color4 R" _( m0 o& y8 i
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
- E% j- t3 B1 w+ A5th day no bubbling,6 T, j5 \' N. j% I1 Y2 L
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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; M, H1 \4 t' ], o( _+ nAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.
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# v* J0 d& ~$ X0 \; C$ MConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-9 |: Q8 h! i/ o1 o2 r W
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
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3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
6 G! a" [! F* E. } x& \What should I do next ? |
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