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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. h2 y0 n9 V6 l; Z
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.. ]5 E$ m% {5 o( o3 b: u1 p
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
/ k+ R7 K0 J; ~0 z' E Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.4 c) i& m/ K' H7 ?) l
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color2 w7 a, E* D9 v; ?# D
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)5 w4 n4 W$ m3 T3 Y
5th day no bubbling,1 ~' ?0 b$ o" t# a, g
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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+ p, u& g% X: r9 w3 xAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.5 C' j! h9 k# u& U5 k r# m
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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' W5 ?. P" q1 ~8 c$ H- U; V! |" I1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction! }2 \2 X9 M o
2. cleaning not complete.1 I e# v; S& m, j
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?2 y3 x# C8 S2 ^6 g
What should I do next ? |
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