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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.' m6 L8 s$ S, u, o
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.. [8 r: {( t! V% }
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.* f% V7 ~. i- X
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
" U; H( M6 f/ S! v: T' Oin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
, Q* I$ p8 z8 g, q/ J* q) v4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
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1 @1 \$ Q9 N. }3 R0 [2 a: ~2 Q; |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.; u! @/ f0 Y) s2 a' p5 o
v! ^: f( K7 p, qConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-7 b- w* k& u+ l# L* {
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction0 p% E8 M- W& d) l! N5 o
2. cleaning not complete.$ r8 c! l" V' G1 k
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?( A# D$ t$ D- L n# H) B. p
What should I do next ? |
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