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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.
, K7 P5 `9 l5 V, R* w) C) v, L1. 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 {7 n* c6 S8 I& T
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.- v0 G, C: p- z; |' u$ |
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.5 h u+ U# e% r& }3 Q1 v
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color8 s1 T, f+ @8 b
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
- F" v+ A1 z, m, L. P5th day no bubbling,
! K Q# c8 m$ P" V+ M0 [6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell., R9 p- |) r" h8 A/ u; m3 l. E+ k
+ o5 V! A8 R/ ^2 _* b' \After 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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$ n8 o6 [; b8 \5 c7 eConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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+ y+ w; a. x; p3 {! r6 [1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction% a6 ]' {. Q0 J1 A' b
2. cleaning not complete.0 j8 f9 Y1 M, D# f0 H3 y. r
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?- ]! F; U' j" _% g+ l0 |, {
What should I do next ? |
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