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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.4 x# o5 W! z$ M5 e7 W2 t
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.2 V0 J! Y4 F9 Z, r7 u8 S8 o
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
* j2 `0 a; s0 @. G Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.# l4 \; o `7 h9 c3 o) U
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
0 `$ e8 E9 N! ?9 @4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
5 Q' W* m& D2 ]. X4 j: {( _5th day no bubbling,
% t1 L! Q3 {* B6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.. Z/ n( b0 n2 e! E
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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 Z' l9 {( v: v8 \* e5 \
7 _& x2 s0 c, f% c! ]2 k* @' kConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-" r1 f, `5 ?/ N" C- ~
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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 ?9 v1 ?# o7 F( U* p; F3 D
What should I do next ? |
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