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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.: V- V- u( i2 u2 ?" a
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.& X: z6 B+ g, F3 a$ J
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
( C# L& x9 W, k, X Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.0 K# B% \ D( {# q1 u
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
- d X+ x1 H' o7 g0 P4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
$ R6 h0 k/ E8 X3 O" T5th day no bubbling,2 S4 E0 I* k2 [, k* q
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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1 u- e5 X( S" f9 QAfter 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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+ Q& c8 ]2 m) o! VConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :- c" {) ]+ \! a3 I# h) Z
3 R3 V; V$ I- e' C0 V% o K1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction l, E; C4 A7 P( }; s0 Q3 L
2. cleaning not complete.+ q9 E- M4 E0 T+ C
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
: }, l( g6 h6 U2 qWhat should I do next ? |
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