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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.
, i+ T9 k% b+ l9 z& d/ @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., I6 T4 a( q$ E
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
1 `- g) [3 S8 ?; `- Y! P Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
8 k. o. e- G: {7 g7 n3 ain 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
! g' w8 x0 c+ d/ y2 P7 }4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)) W$ j, k0 L3 E# o: s, h
5th day no bubbling,
5 z+ m) ` ~: \/ d# g1 `6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.' o) b' P! ^% [& O
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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.7 T* |1 o b) L& N8 K% t
: H# B& t; p, r }4 ]/ G3 ~% EConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-! ? R. N# W6 Q, V! W& T! D: O$ J
3 |# b2 W7 a, b( j. k8 j- r- C1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
' d' \% m& m! ?) K2. cleaning not complete.
: Z7 N7 ^7 y B5 ^1 c# Y3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
' j" x5 }+ a" d* C5 L' OWhat should I do next ? |
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