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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.( m5 C* D! I( f" z! Y& C
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 g. V) S' o; L' r2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.# V. g0 F. h( j1 L, F
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell. ]5 c4 \/ w- J1 D# `" f- }/ r! r
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
( ]: ?2 f3 z7 L& V) F4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)4 k* o4 Z+ ]; o% d- o
5th day no bubbling,+ }# B8 O% G7 W5 K; S8 \& n
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. [* v6 Y& P) c3 n1 ?$ m, B- O
* q4 @+ J! W+ D/ ~. hConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-: q8 N5 ]( e* v/ w
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction; m, m6 ?3 d' z4 I& `- ^$ K' F
2. cleaning not complete.# D* j( v% }* Q$ r
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
; Y: |3 Z; _* n jWhat should I do next ? |
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