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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./ @ z+ t9 Z, J7 X0 v, d
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.$ M' k) \% _' k/ u; V
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,./ X- ?( C) q5 l3 p, D
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell./ x% g; w9 ?! o* M
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color( H1 |2 x) _" Y( Z, w x3 l; v
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)7 D) A9 A! g6 }" x: r1 C7 i: `+ ]$ Y
5th day no bubbling,
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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.% o, B6 W( @9 e1 D7 y" E0 l+ u( ?' |
6 Q3 e' z4 k, [* wConclusion -- 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
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3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?" b, R4 N, X' M% \( P, J, f
What should I do next ? |
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