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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.- \/ W7 T' }, S1 B4 t
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.
; X& b$ C6 u5 a# K! Q& v% N5 P' h2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
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: ~8 d" ?+ F3 }! \4 z5 k1 h9 }in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color& N) V& u+ }# |6 q- l$ d) O
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)/ b! a, h6 z2 b9 G# q! m( t6 w
5th day no bubbling,
4 @7 @4 i3 |& Q b; X1 E" T$ i6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.3 M4 u) X9 k& c( d# ]: z5 [# M
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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.; n( ^9 i4 d; y
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-$ ^' ~, ], _: x7 f' ^6 f6 \5 A
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction3 B' P( j7 [ A7 n6 M4 {: C. D" u- G
2. cleaning not complete.% I! i* o& C+ g0 o
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?8 [) X! J# l( }( U
What should I do next ? |
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