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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.
; w3 z9 D i* u1. 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.
! S, L6 y/ y" D( B3 S) T2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.+ L! }% q% a% d; S0 M- u7 ^1 S2 I
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
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4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
p" X9 N" X' F5th day no bubbling,
3 S* z0 z! z/ {7 D2 ^7 V6 N, C! m3 W {6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.' | D2 p, u: J8 q1 d+ [( Y
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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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( Y8 e7 M2 m+ M6 VConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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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 ?( H! { \2 ~' I' [, s$ d& V
What should I do next ? |
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