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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.
/ T, S( m0 Q I, e# [- q1. 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.. J6 I. e- a2 {- R9 |# o
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.6 x; H( J5 i) v( J2 {
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.) b' X; u. f1 w" C6 H- L" C7 r3 G. Z0 R
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color' `% B. z# \" A7 S6 c
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)) x) k, h) M3 W& ]6 d. Z, c
5th day no bubbling,
8 f& @# u) L! d9 R2 w2 G7 z' Q7 t6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.5 t( g7 @6 f7 v; t5 b: j9 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.
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5 [) Q7 C! c6 t% q: {' ~' ~: JConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-% |% }: E+ i3 B( f2 E: `% W8 B9 ]
) v: L% t' v! q$ [- R1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction7 @& E4 L* T9 f4 Z3 }1 a
2. cleaning not complete.0 v* v( t- E$ K/ \- ~1 g8 K* K7 X
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
0 s. H3 p; _+ ~6 g6 w, cWhat should I do next ? |
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