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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.
# F0 y `7 B: C+ t+ D* o1. 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.( T Y6 h" a. m7 H: W
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.% r' l% z2 j3 Y7 D) v
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
1 i% h8 M1 |" L: I* ein 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color# c( r$ j4 r5 R3 X1 _! }4 d' n
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
( |+ h3 }6 S) E3 a4 i1 ]. i5th day no bubbling,# e# m; @( j' a
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.6 k' W9 \3 i& V& h6 I# b
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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.7 a& k8 Q. W5 W! N4 B1 f& O1 a
1 n, n2 S7 {: Y5 J' uConclusion -- 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/ A; E1 N0 K2 a) m' l
2. cleaning not complete.
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( V$ X w$ l4 @( qWhat should I do next ? |
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