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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.
0 ` Z" x5 C2 Z% B7 d1. 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.( ^9 R' L ]# Q* p* K
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,." e9 S: s0 @4 @, A3 b
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
& r& [/ Z" _4 e' T. f3 j: Ein 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color! F$ a$ Z6 v8 n- l' U+ g1 [, A' n
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)1 R! H. H$ s8 T$ p! ?0 J, S
5th day no bubbling,5 [; ?* u! [, K1 q
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.$ k5 b$ Z* M& }1 o8 r2 X1 V" G
) I, B6 }- _! m9 h& D$ OConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-, `9 w; U3 a( @- r: ~
6 U0 U4 p) r9 d$ O8 k; A1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
' A/ E4 a# w/ a; K5 i. }, Q2. cleaning not complete.
3 k2 p$ z6 \8 |3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?/ K0 g! B+ e3 u, h
What should I do next ? |
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