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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.
. {. e) |& Y! U1. 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. K, d7 R! B5 ^! ~0 L+ P
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
3 Q3 B- _8 r F5 N& f& { Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
8 c: j% Z1 D0 w3 Uin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
* R5 B# \( i3 a7 u6 B" @4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
6 s X, U. k- d* \& z' {+ K5th day no bubbling,
, X1 M/ }3 \5 O6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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% B) g$ j/ b; l, d7 t5 S( R9 I4 a lAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.5 Z0 ?: i5 G, D: a: q1 v
: Q/ O2 z6 Q4 i( i, gConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
) c n' J6 k; b+ Y2. cleaning not complete.) Z% B* E3 D9 h; M
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
6 d4 n8 c( ]/ n( m8 ?; a' t* G, aWhat should I do next ? |
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