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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.: J' a0 T1 ]0 I4 K. o) k0 R& O
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.( c2 @$ k5 R) G
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
S2 ` w' E0 ^6 R) I Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
: T- C, I! m$ H6 Iin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color! Y0 J. Q* _) T
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
( Q6 A, W' B1 p. O2 @5th day no bubbling,. t! ~. s4 g% u
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.* M+ e2 h2 m# \; R! K) {
2 k% h+ W( l. P: YAfter 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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-; a1 T, f: m5 M' s9 P: N
2 r, s! z! l9 N Q, }1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
4 p( ?$ w: m$ w8 @4 E' a2. cleaning not complete.
% g0 A0 H: [" V: A( A3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
8 T( G6 ]! i* i" RWhat should I do next ? |
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