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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.
1 q3 N5 {8 V( e* [: u6 c1. 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.
5 w1 Y6 Q' c8 Q5 X. }2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
. \- p, G% |& r7 E7 }6 c7 _ Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.. w) |1 y c* m$ U* {8 T' T7 e; \
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
0 @& @5 E9 y' y; u4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)+ l9 C- d2 M" x8 f/ b/ e0 L
5th day no bubbling,3 H, F N- y+ M; c, s5 |; Z
6th 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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+ l8 W5 K2 k, F! u% }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( {. x# C3 h* z- w' |$ ?( u% ]
2. cleaning not complete.
# Y# y) V2 R# e5 D0 k2 y3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
$ C) E' e0 C8 O! c$ B2 i! A, H/ B) KWhat should I do next ? |
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