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发表于 2008-12-2 22:48
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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.
$ I% z/ C* L- p$ y7 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.4 v) \7 ?6 {2 Q/ ~8 ^
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.8 z9 |$ Y8 ^8 G
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
7 `" F/ l. ]* sin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color! L' ]4 q6 n3 P5 Z$ b! y) ~
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
& ^( P/ Q4 D# }8 ?6 Q0 B1 o5th day no bubbling,9 G$ N: r0 _# M
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.3 }- w, A! i. Q/ L% |
% E& _9 R- t: q6 z7 k& H$ oAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed., Z6 W) X( S" D
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-. J5 ]+ ~, B6 _+ [* y* d
( ^6 i' `; M( L) `) `% v, X1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
% n1 ^9 U; v3 ~) C2. cleaning not complete.
! Z8 M# T* k* V9 C/ n& q3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
9 m* u2 d0 H, \What should I do next ? |
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