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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.8 M2 B/ g: q+ d4 x' t2 ~; a
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.
, v0 d6 |3 a! x2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
% K* @* o& c7 i7 V Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.& Z! M- ?) p4 ~% e2 M
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
( b1 d4 ^5 N. D2 E/ s% c4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)# K5 Q4 ^# V0 X9 l- P% u" h
5th day no bubbling,
o# U% q) V3 d9 y! D' x4 f6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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2 P# b* F, `' G0 }* XAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed." a9 _% l8 W8 y; |
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-, P% g+ b/ ?+ t7 i. r* K
7 \6 L3 x3 p( V& b; d3 J7 o1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
4 n0 ]6 y) q9 s m: S2. cleaning not complete.
: U4 A) k( r1 j5 O, s3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?- q) k6 B% |4 s3 a5 \
What should I do next ? |
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