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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.
U' q/ q1 Q; `! m1. 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.
* {8 D5 @+ u u2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
; u: p3 i5 U5 N( i& L9 o$ B/ L Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell./ F* }* j1 P$ a! t
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
# K1 i2 f7 I7 k2 ]4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)* S; }# ~' Y% @$ t1 q& Q i* i4 O
5th day no bubbling,, d: }' C! q, W7 Y* f
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.5 f1 J- e, _* \7 S" Q# F# ~
; u/ B" _: m9 k i$ O [After this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.( l0 Z7 K, C [' {
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-2 U4 u+ d" s; q! ?
3 Z9 f. _3 Q% _9 b c, _0 j$ ~) M! O1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction7 l7 Z) h: T p% `
2. cleaning not complete.
4 V2 c+ n/ H) E0 ^3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?# l, y; ^6 \+ G2 z
What should I do next ? |
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