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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.
# U: p5 j4 V Q$ u1 R1. 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.
/ e( D* c! C5 i' e2 d, ]! M- ]2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,. Z! ?# F7 t- Z8 |) v+ K8 \
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.- i# k3 O; M. p; C9 S
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
9 A# N! t2 j; K7 ~5 V# N, c' R+ K4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)! {) Q T; h( d
5th day no bubbling,
6 K4 i/ m! z( k5 d+ t5 F6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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0 K8 M" M7 n! g7 \9 Z7 S9 [( GAfter 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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% y) e# c6 G8 l* A) CConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-5 a R" r* q; D- g! | Q4 a
; g* C" G0 W Y1 Z1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction% O0 e4 l3 K2 U6 p
2. cleaning not complete.
, f( h6 o6 G$ Q3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
# H' E/ ^' O$ jWhat should I do next ? |
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