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发表于 2008-12-2 22:48
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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.
" N) j7 c4 Z$ P; L4 D1 k5 {! j1. 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.
+ P8 |: R2 s; L% X# k' g2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.& c% \& s& ^, O5 p2 m9 a! y1 j) g8 [
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.* G, N( f* P- W% k$ O( {( r
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
% ?: g' I8 b3 _ f/ K4 v( C' D4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)5 t$ V/ ?# \5 c
5th day no bubbling,3 ~& y2 R. C7 x% P( B2 s3 F& N- q
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell." w: a$ n0 \0 l* W: |' x+ T
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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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: E; Y( k* R: c5 p/ y/ R7 D' KConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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* T; x( l. G! x9 @9 b& y1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction% y% { e, Z5 t0 G; e
2. cleaning not complete.
4 r) V6 Q1 B0 y/ {# ^8 K+ y3. wine yearst was too old or no good ? W7 W+ z7 O1 `1 ]% e6 N3 h \+ j
What should I do next ? |
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