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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.! w2 o: _2 D! \/ O2 D- k' F
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.9 o" s3 X' M$ c4 K7 ^2 A" x
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
3 r& K" l4 i0 y0 L0 A: D- i Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
/ Y; [8 U8 t6 ?* A% yin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
" G, O* P% t" ~8 a6 d, S# J4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)6 O' y0 o5 T4 j) L7 X
5th day no bubbling,
( L) ] E) t9 e/ X s/ }" e, R( F% ?6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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J4 n! D `. X/ EAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.& u$ i9 {& h& h& S6 f
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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# G3 p$ w' |4 b( t' q& C) q: C, m9 i1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
+ x/ o! t5 t) X- z z2. cleaning not complete.& k4 c( a/ j+ Q7 B: J. d: u
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
{2 {# L9 \ }, S7 xWhat should I do next ? |
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