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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! ?% G5 G1 {( u
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.) Y) y) {! ~) U* G |
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.( {( l1 j# N8 p4 [
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
2 Z5 x3 c3 D4 S0 Q! P3 ?in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color: Z- C$ q) r& s( _
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake), M4 w4 O# W7 ]! V) H5 M0 r3 ~
5th day no bubbling,: ?: c. O* y9 A* j
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.
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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2. cleaning not complete.: z; i% D( ^ _; w @; ~/ `
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
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