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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.4 x& L# l& z2 k
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.. Z, X3 L9 R/ c. Z8 }4 x# f, W6 [
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
3 \3 P ^% N7 d, C4 J Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
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* A) q" O4 E& ^- L% p0 S4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
: a7 D9 [3 n3 J5 e& A- E5th day no bubbling,
+ M% X, L2 t6 |3 m6th 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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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3 F/ N0 N: K& \: Z1 ]9 V- `1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction2 _- N0 r. ]) u; c1 N
2. cleaning not complete.' R( ?1 V% w" j# S' G: z* D
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
9 A$ }/ B! e0 r4 Z8 [. ]& uWhat should I do next ? |
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