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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.2 \/ A# J( D! j7 @
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.
1 |" V* C9 B" _4 u2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
" E8 q- O. ?! r Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
( @5 U/ K2 A; w4 r$ uin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
9 a) t8 \1 Q; w6 O9 Z! n7 v4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
9 X- |3 E3 w' a1 z5 L) o5th day no bubbling,( o1 n5 C* |; M p7 H
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.& Q8 y6 M. \' z; Q0 o
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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 :-4 D' o9 M( c+ t) e8 Q1 @2 I$ D
0 K0 l2 `2 P0 L1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
: z% }" O z/ \2. cleaning not complete.
6 Q% h% s$ R1 B* |# o) e3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
. _. N0 H/ k: IWhat should I do next ? |
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