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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.; C5 Z2 {% ~+ s3 K: B) i4 F9 N H" 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.
. F0 A8 c2 t9 d' c, L2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
8 \ ~0 k) ?4 W9 |2 U& I Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.3 C* M5 J7 b+ P( E3 b5 n
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color. Q. W; d3 `7 t1 i0 n7 S
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)4 F7 l9 x# A( l/ A. S( G' m
5th day no bubbling,% K- S( c1 B; ^/ [9 v: ]' r
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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. T* Q3 a& L% ~7 ?0 Y" WAfter 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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& X4 F# q! q3 R3 Y, KConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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) ?( u; K; S9 D! }1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction: L& T, M1 ^9 B% b/ B5 h
2. cleaning not complete.
/ d( v- K/ w: i( ^3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?( P. Y' A# f/ I( } H f
What should I do next ? |
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