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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.
7 J2 ? {6 F5 Z3 }- |/ z* v1. 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.
0 r; ~, s( D' \( u( E8 Z* J- X, |2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.' @( z2 ?% m, ^- C& u7 B
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
2 U9 f1 k; C: F, G9 `5 ^) iin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
/ ?7 }9 D8 q9 ?0 ^( k" A4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
7 Y5 W# U5 O1 d5th day no bubbling,7 x7 [2 @% a6 W4 b, h, q( M
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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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. l [! C* X9 [% K* K! t4 n" U1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction$ g0 S- L8 V @- e* C4 C4 O4 l, @7 N
2. cleaning not complete.# l) \7 Q" m0 C# s7 a9 V
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?. Y6 E! q4 k2 N; j& ^
What should I do next ? |
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