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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.; K; x. j0 P, [, x4 B4 G* C9 w
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./ s$ w5 w' `3 N8 A1 `
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.$ w4 D) Q6 T( X1 A( w
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
' y' l% r& D! S( C% j- }in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
6 U) V, o) e, x# L: z4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)$ k: `% h) [5 r1 T- I" ~
5th day no bubbling,
1 e' y" r& h, }0 P# F( n8 `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.$ D l' P! u* _. n o& z/ Y8 v
5 g& w B# M: F* g% W% nConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-% P1 e5 |5 \: N7 q- e
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction j' y1 i2 j# { @. V
2. cleaning not complete.
! f8 l3 W! B& f4 Y# n$ A3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
* c: ^: K5 Y2 W, g0 Z6 J: z, o- a( OWhat should I do next ? |
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