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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.
* x2 n# o6 ]& t: L! @9 y6 p1. 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.1 R5 ~ `! L/ N- u
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
; O7 X' D/ ?& v Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
, a/ m N6 y5 B" c" Win 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
( u7 a! v6 p) K/ @) E! f4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)& L. e2 x% O# d" e- s
5th day no bubbling,
% [2 O0 E8 _- \: x! [6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.& S- G) H. r, W. y H' w: H3 s
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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.
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: s3 I9 \, r, rConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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p" r* P. ^3 G# n9 H1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
& W8 H& [4 S1 W4 d" W2. cleaning not complete., r$ I4 C. R/ ~
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?9 M9 q9 J6 L$ W& U# t+ @
What should I do next ? |
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