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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; v6 ~6 S" m L' @
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.8 J1 e F8 n4 I. E
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.2 J9 Y+ y" V: H4 V( h8 r
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
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4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)2 x7 A ?0 Q2 X
5th day no bubbling,
* d6 `+ q d. c# q2 {6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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After 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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+ W/ \! l! K% F# U0 b2 nConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-. g, L' k$ Y# b+ ^# }
- b$ X/ s, L9 t% x# R: g1 x1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction- m" ~1 ?; u7 T0 p
2. cleaning not complete.; u) B9 e3 N, j: k7 ~
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
4 Q1 N+ A( l4 IWhat should I do next ? |
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