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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.; _, N2 A3 M R$ y+ J* E
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.2 |8 y* j2 Y, f7 ]5 V2 W: @
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.* V( i H( O# i% W8 F8 K
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
$ q. o" b6 m# Zin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
z7 L3 u' {. N4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)7 ^7 d1 y/ n9 W( R
5th day no bubbling,
$ `; B* J: k2 I) G8 q1 N6th 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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) E% C% D: p' eConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-. B. s/ Q+ t( v, I7 }5 v) Q0 L! p# O
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
3 s' ^) \& z, R3 N6 T) H2. cleaning not complete.
' e' s$ |5 `! G" S+ M2 C! b3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?+ l6 x1 y& @. b" H5 w5 F( s' q; T* N
What should I do next ? |
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