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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.
: ~& [! j! \+ \8 M$ [5 x: j H; C1. 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 L7 c2 d2 W; r" z J* ]& T
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.7 O4 Z- |) `( J% N4 b
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.. R7 f, }/ l$ a6 Y& u! P8 i$ r
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
5 r* |6 B4 H- p: P4 s6 [4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
2 F' Y- Y) k [1 i" O% x# A5th day no bubbling,
" `4 {8 d* H w$ z& @) `% R7 Y6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.& V$ m5 k9 u5 a1 u% T4 j
1 g* }+ ~' O( c# Q! Y. @After this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.5 u! }9 f1 Z6 a
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-% D9 S& Q. E2 O* B2 m. V
! A$ l1 D8 [( |' j- T1 C6 @+ X7 r1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction0 Y( u3 U/ b6 V9 }
2. cleaning not complete.
! u1 k6 L$ x6 M3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
X' i. \0 N: S4 rWhat should I do next ? |
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