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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.( W/ N: }+ Y' T( U1 V! ]
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.0 Z/ @4 S' O' a0 P
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
7 @: r' a5 E8 q( U Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.7 m* @6 v$ q: _- M' a; K, k
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color( c# v0 j% \7 ~! G5 Q, E
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)3 x# K6 @! B% Y9 z" q
5th day no bubbling,
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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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' n( e4 N! I6 S" {5 T: DConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-; \; k( D0 n; X5 n4 W, ]: J& H
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction- g4 y1 M6 R) b# M
2. cleaning not complete.
$ V) M8 M4 H# h' v7 `3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
: z& ?- n+ N: M7 T, u3 E+ A- S5 w! bWhat should I do next ? |
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