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发表于 2008-12-2 22:48
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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.' Z9 M0 l* C% M4 I1 _* Z) u+ t- l
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 }, j" H5 M$ N7 w( c" ]) ` ], f2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
: z# `7 t% K! f4 B& n4 D Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
& W" j& \$ R' y3 sin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color! g& y9 k5 O6 A# \" M
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
2 @% H# W- z/ X, }: q5th day no bubbling,8 a9 F8 i* w9 W
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.9 d6 w9 L. r+ C- Y
5 j; G2 n) q8 WAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.' \$ D! a% r5 O1 u3 Q8 ~
8 y& e; ^- A( L0 e( k3 k% @, iConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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- l! j/ Y& @& V1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
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3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?1 }! O% Q! g( J7 C# O
What should I do next ? |
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