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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.- [/ O6 B( l* E8 h
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.
3 Z% i E3 v% Y6 a6 P2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
. q0 g, Z- Q6 k Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
, i8 @1 I& s3 p( [9 jin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
5 F7 g9 `. U3 O8 `4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
5 s0 P% f7 u/ P) R1 W* l9 }, Y+ }, k5th day no bubbling,
1 p9 }: r0 {8 \; y3 d6th 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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
( I% e; ]" l8 c% a2. cleaning not complete.
/ w, d. ]0 }) |* t3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
6 ?, n- Y6 M: u# b' K3 ~0 bWhat should I do next ? |
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