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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.: Q* x, Y9 c6 s) }: ~
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.
/ T- J6 F; |9 p2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.* [# B b) S/ T8 M c4 N; @' {
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.& D1 `# L2 g0 z1 b
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
* U5 i4 E" T% ]. Q% E3 u4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)9 J, V0 i4 W# b3 o2 \' A
5th day no bubbling,
2 L( k' X* u+ P$ Y6th 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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$ [9 t& d! b) \# DConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction9 s8 k. _& q+ j; x3 b& I
2. cleaning not complete.6 o. f- |" [- o) A C
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
* s- Q/ y& I& XWhat should I do next ? |
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