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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.
# e' a/ A2 I f- {4 I# K/ U1. 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.
# O+ N h' [* E8 o8 ]( `2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
0 X0 Y& E0 K5 s Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
# Z9 f% H1 ^' B! v) S- O1 O R4 _in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
y; u& q) L0 f, {1 b4 Y/ c7 t4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
1 T) k% ^) p$ H# s6 P5th day no bubbling,
Y8 w% `/ S( T# ^. g2 e6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell." [/ W- q6 }7 ^3 ^; z
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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.' }! }/ h; Q( F" x- I8 @
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-8 H: j- U7 N. y1 Z* Z' ~
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction; q2 d+ J8 S; X# _* b& B
2. cleaning not complete.% ]' V4 X+ G2 e
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?- P) x; S, k! \
What should I do next ? |
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