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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.3 Z- T2 C6 |- \
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.
' O) B, Y+ I7 c) ?5 w( Z) `) z1 F2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
5 S. y. b; a3 d5 p/ S Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
* g! I6 X) [$ M# }1 [ Pin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
# a O- b- h8 E N$ A4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake): E2 _& o4 q K+ D; M( D2 J7 z
5th day no bubbling,
3 q c- S) Z8 p6th 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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' X8 G' v9 Q% J a" P8 _7 d5 MConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-5 r, y" D; j3 O( ~# e( L
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
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3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
: d- V/ T/ N9 B+ C& B. o. aWhat should I do next ? |
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