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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.
; _& T( W, ^, ^' r+ x' U1. 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.) I* K1 b& e1 t' M9 E
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.% w4 Z& W2 c) u" w
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
8 u4 K8 Z) s4 H) tin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color6 j0 i: K/ V2 k; t
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)3 k( Q+ a- W# ?
5th day no bubbling,* c) J, J( E0 B* m. `3 W% G: X
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.2 u9 D( ^% W7 R! W
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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.. p- @1 J( i) X0 c% k/ e
* s8 h3 C2 J& \" f! \# T, j4 iConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-2 C: @: @) P) C1 N. k1 O$ ^$ I
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction) r- i, l% D# x* S( |8 y( t$ z
2. cleaning not complete.6 ?8 P7 T; O( {/ i, Z
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?( c: z2 ]+ Y& o
What should I do next ? |
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