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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( e; j; E3 g( E6 X# K1. 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.
! I% n& J' w" c" ?# v2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.) r" O7 W: @4 v
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.. ?4 O1 U0 O: R% v1 h+ z" I0 n
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color7 ?: Z Q, L( {5 _0 x. r0 {4 Z
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)4 @9 z, s J- f0 [: x% T0 b( X ?
5th day no bubbling,
6 {! _% O1 K, C F! d6th 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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7 m7 T, z: b; j2 [9 e4 ~" aConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-0 V( Q8 z/ j7 V; H% z
" \- w$ Z6 f" X' C7 o4 n( W9 g# ~, ^& F1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
# D' t1 P# @4 a" }* t( L2. cleaning not complete.
+ H5 U9 \2 Q/ w. W! ^3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
+ n7 q" _; w* {: _5 EWhat should I do next ? |
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