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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.# L) T, B0 Y. G% n; X2 U* }
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.
4 ^0 Q4 ?+ Z5 d+ W; }0 R2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
/ X% A; J+ e& Q' L) O Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell., u8 n$ h: e8 n+ j
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
" }. R% @! F7 D7 |2 g+ b) R4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
: J. Q7 \+ a9 u5th day no bubbling,
& l; f/ ?; E. W& 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.* }9 E% f% H9 H- G4 p# X, c
* g: s( \5 L/ p9 ]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
2 g) B4 j! g( {9 A0 X2. cleaning not complete.
/ Z" e3 a5 X/ X: S; v* v, s3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
: f9 a T$ k) p' K) AWhat should I do next ? |
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