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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.
( Q: C' L3 u8 y6 Q [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./ F2 F F5 d# a, `2 ?. G
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.) ^% p2 e; @+ H: Z4 f) G/ |; _
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
! W1 R, D' l0 ?* c1 i- w5 iin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
' R$ e9 Q/ o7 v- i" q" ]+ Y$ G* n& \$ G4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)9 c, O E' ^8 @4 w0 M2 V
5th day no bubbling,
; E) C o. A, ]2 u! d6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.( a0 G- I4 Q8 `0 _& _
7 l$ U _6 E4 D1 [6 c/ OAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
h# ^2 X% h3 \$ U' O3 q! m2. cleaning not complete." u5 c* v3 \# t, a4 ~. q
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
0 m. N# X7 J7 iWhat should I do next ? |
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