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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! T( A$ m# v% P6 K( e/ j
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 N& H2 Q& r: U3 H1 Q$ J
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
b. O# s+ ]6 `" b% \5 [. U Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.3 [2 t7 l' O, m. t+ h6 M% L
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color( e) C/ q" |* Q! y& X
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)* u8 h) D% m$ }# K# h
5th day no bubbling,
, T2 v1 _' T& [2 `6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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8 [& H2 _2 u; t, xAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed./ N, ?: l5 n. u* X2 J
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-; {9 C2 X$ T0 H3 |
' f& \# o H. [8 F. C& u1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction# k, j5 H- p; z- X& K
2. cleaning not complete.- @) }- Z% o6 g/ p/ g* x6 D
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
) w1 B& w4 O @ E7 S2 _. s0 `What should I do next ? |
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