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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.
3 u& I& \2 C9 K! @9 G1. 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.
, {. ]& f* D" `2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.# n! _/ p# s/ ]% r- G: B4 a. U0 K- z% E
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
8 z/ O5 q& j/ R( C& {in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color# E4 U9 r1 u5 N! }# P* P2 k
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)8 T1 R) }8 ?9 y4 P6 u
5th day no bubbling,; B8 ?' m$ N/ p' {+ d5 e% g
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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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.: k0 e Y a2 G9 T9 R5 d% t: f
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-. ^9 L* `) _; E
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
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, S% X5 `0 z% A3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
2 K. @5 t$ ?' X1 Y" h, {What should I do next ? |
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