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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.
- n2 W9 P: J' F& ^. Z J/ A1. 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 o7 D- v+ p! V9 }- Z: {+ ]2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.4 m" Z; i. h. c7 s5 {/ J9 C8 l/ H
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
7 S/ b: T4 R$ e3 T/ T2 _in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
; W2 c, v7 O( \+ {- r) e4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
6 Q$ r: ^$ l$ Q$ r( s$ l' l* v8 z5th day no bubbling,
. T+ B* q d: r1 R& s& ]6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.6 c/ m! r) u8 N4 _ `6 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.2 }: G! Q5 t) n# y/ o
, d% G0 P z9 h' [4 P& ]) x3 q) k7 nConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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( ]# F( B5 A& ^ A: ~8 n1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
% z2 g$ H" u8 @& w5 i0 d2. cleaning not complete.
9 L6 T3 E+ a5 ]* r, {* L% Z3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?! O2 S3 I3 R# p7 a
What should I do next ? |
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