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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.$ |* r: V. S7 C9 X8 S
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.
. [( Y, D, a+ H2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.. S: H+ Q. L g& h
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.! q. `- y7 k( K" R/ U. {5 K8 s
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color' _7 y- [5 L1 ?# _0 R# J5 H
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
0 L. z) e) ?% R% X& A n( G5th day no bubbling,0 V* ~ _$ E9 Q6 ~1 Q) R& e0 ?
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.) q0 O: \1 ]5 W- P+ z) b
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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.& O* k- q7 p0 J* v
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-8 f9 S: U" w0 k! q1 c8 x3 a
A, |7 L! z" T: _ p1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
' B7 n1 O+ S' V# X0 |2. cleaning not complete.; y8 c& G* }: m+ {" T+ h- M/ x
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?/ O5 ]+ S! s4 O" ^1 Z! |1 j
What should I do next ? |
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