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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.* @- ?. W, v: m1 k
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.4 t' k6 x7 p% S+ a M9 ~
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
& Y. s: y6 a0 l$ O$ j2 w5 j, g Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.: q) P) i2 O& q, W) b# V2 l0 K# b
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color2 L: N" I: D h' N5 }$ x P9 f
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)$ |. K I% r+ s
5th day no bubbling,9 p: a' ]+ B& K6 V6 A9 O
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.3 [ R6 w, A8 @9 z/ W# s4 c1 B
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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.) \' d+ w8 h2 C+ L' I: f& }5 f
% L9 _0 i/ e+ k4 F& J/ |7 `& |9 qConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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6 @' C: J' j. h6 ]7 r1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
5 g( h6 O+ i; T5 T6 `, L" Q2. cleaning not complete., K6 ]; M" e% l/ r8 v
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
8 D. ?9 f# V" ^7 LWhat should I do next ? |
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