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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.8 V4 v F) ~5 k/ _; }% Z& X
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.4 R4 C8 c4 s% e( F- a
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
) B" ?8 L0 s3 E' v Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell., H" Y% L/ ?4 k% c/ P9 [9 g
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
9 ?4 _8 u1 i8 p) |0 F4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)) b6 g2 N* g8 o6 W* Z' m
5th day no bubbling,
: i9 [2 c3 B# k% `6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.8 J- n* T4 P* f) }) o3 ]) c8 q
- v1 V1 Q7 u1 _% TAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.5 V9 P }+ D M: N
0 r8 L* } ^( R( G" Q+ PConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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" e4 w( c3 Y2 h: Z1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
2 s) j% [2 m+ o/ n5 T2. cleaning not complete.* {0 f- T, ^7 U, ^
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
& Q) e1 m# n) }' QWhat should I do next ? |
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