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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.9 g, g! `- P. ]; |: [. p
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.
: x& i4 Q. o9 g" n; \2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.) k5 i1 r# z; f1 N5 ~
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
4 p+ |* M' {6 o! Sin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color' F. l+ Y0 `2 c( Z7 ?$ e
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)1 `. h- l5 M7 o! ]& P- x+ F. m: n
5th day no bubbling,+ r* A( W) f, X) S
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.8 }4 k$ i$ {) a R
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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.2 K1 g8 H; d7 n+ m7 n$ x
: }( ~% \9 \6 M+ u; M" s6 EConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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( J: i0 J% ~! i- Z/ T/ h5 O1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction X" y/ d/ K& V0 q" H! S
2. cleaning not complete.; d, ~! y) {, k7 U% J
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?: W7 E- w* {4 F6 [+ J
What should I do next ? |
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